M&A Advisory Services

Our M&A advisory team helps enable strategic growth through better integrated and operationalized 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.

What EY-Parthenon M&A Advisory Services can do for you

Our clients enjoy the personalized attention of a full-service organization 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 organizations 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 visualization 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.


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Our latest thinking

M&A activity insights: March 2025

Read the latest Merger Monthly, with insights on recent US M&A activity insights and what to expect as we look ahead.

24 Mar 2025 Mitch Berlin

Beyond integration: Value creation from bolt-on life sciences deals

Discover strategies for successful bolt-on acquisitions in life sciences for 2025. Read the full article for essential insights.

03 Mar 2025 Ranu Carroll + 2

Macro Bites: Signals show steady boost in 2025 M&A deal activity

Learn about the 2025 M&A forecast and what companies should consider when preparing for dealmaking.

11 Feb 2025

How chief information officers can drive more value in transactions

Forward-thinking CIOs can make mergers and acquisitions an opportunity to help transform the business. Learn more.

31 Jan 2025 Matt Bartell + 3

Four steps financial institutions can take on the path to net zero

Transactions which have a bold vision, prioritize the workforce and set conditions to navigate hurdles are more likely to transform a business. Learn more.

27 Jan 2025 Liz Fealy + 2

Beyond the deal: accurately estimating M&A integration costs

Discover key drivers of M&A integration costs and ensure deal success. Learn how to plan strategically for long-term value. Read more.

09 Dec 2024 Elizabeth Kaske

M&A outlook shows firming US 2025 deal market activity

Based on economic and market indicators, the EY-P Deal Barometer — our M&A outlook — forecasts a steady boost in deal volume.

21 Nov 2024 Gregory Daco + 1

How to be a savvy technology M&A dealmaker

The EY-Parthenon Technology Corporate Development Survey confirms seven key traits of companies that succeed with mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Read more.

24 Oct 2024 Barak Ravid + 1

How can a strategic transformation mindset unlock long-term value?

Confident CEOs embrace corporate transformation mindset, using M&A and technology to navigate challenges and create long-term value. Read more.

21 Jan 2025 Andrea Guerzoni + 2

Banking M&A Quick Takes: merger of equals

Banks are considering mergers with similar-sized institutions to create more resilient entities. Learn more about banking M&A trends.

16 Jul 2024 Elizabeth Kaske + 1

Tech M&A Quick Takes: Plan early for M&A integration strategy

In the Tech M&A Quick Takes video, EY leaders discuss the year of growth, M&A integration strategy and value drivers. Watch the video to learn more.

11 Jun 2024 Elizabeth Kaske + 1

Dealmaking amid uncertain monetary cycles: Lessons from history

The key to proactive dealmaking lies in past trends and in innovative approaches to navigate future economic shifts. Learn more.

21 May 2024 Tze-Liang Chiam + 2

Energy M&A Quick Takes: How companies are transforming deal structures

In the Energy M&A Quick Takes video, EY leaders discuss oil and gas consolidation, and integrations that require more due diligence.

21 May 2024 Elizabeth Kaske + 1

CIO Survey: will you set the GenAI agenda or follow the leaders?

Get insights on how CIOs will address the challenges and capture the full benefits of GenAI in the 2024 EY CIO Sentiment Survey.

15 May 2024 Mazen Baroudi + 4

Building a corporate unicorn

Learn how to approach digital business by building a unicorn with a venture mindset and succeed with your digital investment.

22 Apr 2024 Praveen Arivazhagan

Macro Bites: M&A deal activity in 2024’s nuanced macroeconomic environment

A nuanced macroeconomic environment provides opportunities for increased M&A deal activity in 2024.

31 Jan 2024

Macro Bites: Beating health care industry challenges

Industry leaders need to look to tech solutions, partnerships and M&A to overcome health care industry challenges.

13 Dec 2023

The Navigator: perspectives on financial services M&A

Financial institutions are building competitive advantage through M&A. Read on to learn more.

13 Nov 2023 Sid Khosla

Mega mergers can have mega payoffs — with the right approach

Mega mergers can pay off with higher shareholder value if companies take the right approach. Find out more.

26 Jul 2023 Elizabeth Kaske

How can your digital investment strategy reach higher returns?

The 2022 Digital Investment Index reveals that companies struggle with digital strategy and measuring returns on their technology investments. Read more.

05 Apr 2022 Sri Prabhakaran

Case study: How a Nordic SaaS player unlocked potential in a global lockdown

A bold strategy and deep, multi-disciplined M&A experience turned “it can’t be done” into a sale that facilitated outstanding outcomes. Learn more.

19 Apr 2021

How the right buyer helped a family grow global plant-based food production

Innovation in plant-based meat could have a major role in promoting healthier food alternatives and sustainable environmental practices.

16 Apr 2021 EY Americas
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