Transactions Advisory Services
Ernst & Young’s Transactions practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the global firm. With more than 5000 professionals operating in over 70 countries around the world, we have the capability to advise on any aspect of a transaction anywhere in the world.
Our people are based in industry teams, enabling them to apply their specialist expertise to particular industry issues.
Whether you are looking at ways to better manage your shareholder value, trying to protect your intellectual property rights, undertaking a particular type of transaction, or looking for exciting career opportunities, we hope you find these pages interesting and informative.
Ernst & Young has recently released the Global Transaction Leaders Study 2007
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The survey, based on conversations with more than 300 senior executives from 95 companies in 15 countries, reveals that 83% of respondents are looking to the emerging markets for strategic transactions. However, less than one-third of proposed emerging-market deals are ever completed. Surprisingly, companies’ satisfaction with those deals that are completed is only 68%.
Click here to read the study in full. 
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Credit crunch leads to highest number of profit warnings since 2001
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Research recently released by Ernst & Young on revealed that profit warnings for the year to 31 December 2007 totalled 384, the highest yearly figure since 2001.
In quarter four of 2007, 107 profit warnings were issued by UK quoted companies, the highest quarterly figure since the last quarter of 2001, and 22 per cent more warnings than the same period last year.Find out more
How do European PE investors create value?
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Private Equity investors create value in the businesses they buy, own, and sell with PE managed businesses consistently out-performing public companies. This is according to a new Ernst & Young study, the first of its kind, that maps business performance and PE investors' strategies across the 100 largest businesses sold by PE firms in Europe during 2005. Find out more Transaction Advisory Services
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Successful IPOs act like public companies at least one year before listing
Outperforming companies prepare early - even in challenging market conditions.Read more ...
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