M&A advisory: Buy and integrate

Our M&A advisory team helps enable strategic growth through better integrated and operationalised mergers and acquisitions, JVs and alliances. In a fast-paced M&A market, we help companies move quickly to refine their growth strategy, perform deal sourcing, conduct diligence and valuation and achieve greater synergies during M&A integration.

The team

Marcus Purcell
EY Ireland Strategy and Transactions Partner and Head of D&I
Tara Hynes
Tara Hynes
EY Ireland Strategy and Transactions Partner
Photographic portrait of Niall McCarthy
Niall McCarthy
EY Ireland Partner; Head of Transaction Strategy and Execution EY-Parthenon
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What EY M&A advisory services can do for you

Our clients enjoy the personalised attention of a full-service organisation with access to broad intellectual capital, extensive relationships and leading‑class solutions to drive growth strategies that fit buy-side M&A needs. 

We are one of the only major professional consulting organisations that offers fully-dedicated multidisciplinary M&A advisory capabilities. From strategy to execution, our services are underpinned by extensive due diligence, commercial, operational, financial and tax experience.

We also combine M&A, functional and sector experience with M&A technology to help companies make better, faster decisions. In particular our technology leverages machine learning and artificial intelligence, robotics and process automation, and data analysis and visualisation to help increase confidence in decisions and accelerate synergy capture.

We understand that every type of deal is different, requiring bespoke integration approaches, priorities and operating models. Our M&A advisory team can help you understand what business to buy, how to value it and how to integrate it into your company.

How EY can Help

M&A advisory: Buy and integrate team

Marcus Purcell

EY Ireland Strategy and Transactions Partner and Head of D&I
Leads Transaction Support team in Dublin and Partner Sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion. Has deep sector transaction experience that enables him to support clients navigate the risk of a Transaction
Dublin, IRL

Tara Hynes

EY Ireland Strategy and Transactions Partner
Tara is a partner in the Strategy and Transaction business with a focus on Transaction Diligence.
Dublin, IRL

Niall McCarthy

EY Ireland Partner; Head of Transaction Strategy and Execution EY-Parthenon
Leads Transaction Strategy and Execution team in Ireland. Focused on supporting our clients with the implementation of corporate finance transactions.
Cork, IRL

Ronan Murray

EY Ireland Partner Corporate Finance - Strategy and Transactions
Enjoy transactions, am an optimist, sports fanatic, a native of Kerry, President of Cork Chamber of Commerce, husband & Father to two daughters.
Dublin, IRL

Fergal McAleavey

EY Ireland Partner Corporate Finance - Strategy and Transactions
Deep sector transaction experience. Strategic advisor. Seasoned corporate financier and investor. Maker. Husband and proud father of four.
Dublin, IRL

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