Aerospace & Defence
Grant Thornton's Aerospace and Defence group provides
industry-specific, reliable and candid solutions to businesses in
the aerospace, defence and homeland security sector. We bring the
full scale and breadth of services expected of a leading
professional services firm, delivered in a distinctive,
personalised way, with an understanding of the key dynamics in the
sector. We appreciate the challenges currently faced by those
operating at all tiers of the supply chain and have worked with
many companies to improve their financial performance and liquidity
profile. In addition, we are helping others to position themselves
to benefit from the consolidation opportunity which will accelerate
as the sector shows renewed signs of growth.
We deliver partner-led solutions in the following areas:
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corporate finance, advising on all aspects of
acquisitions, disposals, management buyouts and other debt and
equity financings, drawing on our international member firm's
contacts to provide access to an extensive network of potential
acquirers and acquisition candidates as well as knowledge of the
local operating environment
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project finance, including financial modelling,
structuring debt and equity financing and assistance with
negotiations at all stages of a project
- supply chain risk assessments, leveraging our
skills and experience of working with OEMs and their suppliers
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profit improvement, crisis management and
restructuring services for those businesses
experiencing difficult trading
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recovery and reorganisation services to assist
companies, lenders, equity investors and other stakeholders in
achieving the best outcome in a distressed situation
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business risk services on internal controls and
processes
- tax
planning and compliance, in single and multiple
jurisdictions, covering transaction structuring, transfer pricing,
expatriate taxation and corporate simplification.
We have strong sector credentials and our experienced team of
professionals works closely with companies in all tiers of the
manufacturing supply chain, enabling us to provide invaluable,
up-to-date insights into supplier and customer trends. We are one
of only seven advisers on the MoD Framework for PFI and partnering
projects, and have advised companies ranging from global
integrators to component suppliers on a wide range of domestic and
cross-border transactions.
Read Grant Thornton's
Ian
P. Wilson's article in Defense Industry Daily on
Decoding the UK's defence dilemma