Some recent deals by Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services

• A very British affair
  Ernst & Young provided financial advice, project management and public bidding expertise, financial and tax due diligence services to British Airways in order to successfully complete its city code bid for British Regional Airlines.
  
   


• Ernst & Young makes MBO child's play for Early Learning Centre
  “Ernst & Young was instrumental in getting this deal done, and provided us with crucial advice on tactics and management of the process. This complex deal was done in four months, a testament to the skills and expertise of everyone involved.”
  
  Mike France, Early Learning Centre


• Ernst & Young breaks new ground in sale of Finelist companies
  Five months after Finelist went into receivership, all 13 of its subsidiaries were sold, safeguarding the jobs of over half of the people employed. We have also established a successful blueprint for selling companies out of administration.
  
   


• Innovative platform for The Go-Ahead Group plc’s acquisition of Connex South Central
  The Go-Ahead Group plc successfully acquired Connex for £30 million plus a maximum deferred consideration of £12.5 million. They acquired all of the assets necessary to facilitate a successful transition between these two companies, the first time this had happened in the sector and a blueprint for the future handover of Train Operating companies.
  
   


• Sale of Newcastle airport brings praise for Ernst & Young Transport team
  "The Ernst & Young team understood the sector and the factors driving our business. They produced a report which provided a clear, accurate view as to the potential of the company, a key factor in Copenhagen's decision to buy-in. In addition, they worked well with our management team throughout the process".
  
   


• On the road to success with Norway’s first ever PPP contracts
  We advised the Norwegian Government on the creation of the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) contracts ever created in Norway. We structured the proposed concession, carried out a financial analysis of its viability and conducted the bid competition, assisting the Norwegian Public Road Administration in its negotiations to contract close.
  
   


• Back from the brink – Ernst & Young teams combine to save petrol retailer
  The Corporate Restructuring team saved the company from closure in the face of extremely challenging market conditions. Our M&A specialists then successfully negotiated the disposal of the company as a going concern for a sum of £54.5 million.
  
   


• £1.2 billion acquisition of Carling is Coors for celebration
  The skill and professionalism of all your team was evident throughout the process and enabled us to pull together what we think is a reasoned and well thought out valuation."
  
  Scott Whitley, Coors' VP International Strategy & Business Development


• Whitbread calls time on Pubs & Bars division
  "The Ernst & Young VDD report was a very solid, robust document: well researched and stood up well to challenge….An excellent piece of project work without which it is doubtful we could have done the deal we did."
  
  Whitbread management team