Transaction Advisory & Financial Decision Support
Before you commit to a deal, a restructuring or a funding round, we model the options against your actual numbers and set out what each one costs in cash, tax and compliance terms.
About Transaction & Business Advisory services
This service exists for the point in a business where a decision has to be made and the numbers behind it are not yet clear: bringing in a partner, buying or selling a business line, reorganising group entities, raising debt or equity, or choosing between two ways of structuring the same transaction.
It is decision support, and it is distinct from the two services next to it. Due diligence investigates and verifies a target before a transaction. Financial statement analysis interprets what has already happened in your own accounts. Transaction and business advisory looks forward: it builds the model, evaluates the realistic options — including doing nothing — and quantifies what each one means for cash, tax, control and compliance.
The output is a written recommendation with the trade-offs stated and an implementation path, grounded in your financials rather than a generic framework. Where the decision proceeds, we stay on to support execution, filings and post-transaction compliance.
What we help with
- Financial modelling and scenario testing for a specific decision or transaction
- Commercial and financial evaluation of transaction options, including the cost of each
- Deal structuring — asset versus share purchase, consideration mix, earn-outs and closing mechanics
- Business and group restructuring evaluation, including merger and demerger considerations
- Funding readiness — lender and investor documentation, and comparison of funding routes
- Valuation inputs and supporting analysis for a registered valuer's report
- Budgeting, cash-flow forecasting and management decision support
- Assessment of the tax, Companies Act and FEMA implications of a proposed structure
Who this is for
- Promoters evaluating a sale, acquisition or incoming partner
- Companies restructuring group entities or separating business lines
- Businesses comparing funding routes before approaching lenders or investors
- Management teams facing a decision with material cash or tax consequences
Why choose ACB Consultants
Professional expertise
Engagements are led personally by our founder and partners, with direct access to the people handling your file.
Practical approach
Advice in plain language, focused on what you can act on rather than a restatement of the regulation.
Timely compliance
Deadlines tracked proactively across GST, TDS, ROC and income tax so filings are not left to the last day.
Business-focused advice
We start from your numbers and your commercial context, not a generic template.
Personalised support
A consistent point of contact who knows your business, rather than a new handler each time.
End-to-end assistance
Accounting, tax, corporate and audit needs handled by one accountable firm.
Our process
- Step 1
Decision framing
We define the decision on the table — a transaction, a restructuring or a funding move — and the constraints around it.
- Step 2
Baseline financial review
Your current financials, agreements and operating data are reviewed to establish the starting position.
- Step 3
Option development
Realistic alternatives are set out, including the option of doing nothing.
- Step 4
Financial modelling
Each option is modelled for cash impact, returns, funding need and sensitivity to key assumptions.
- Step 5
Tax & regulatory evaluation
Options are tested against income tax, GST, Companies Act and FEMA consequences before anything is committed.
- Step 6
Recommendation & implementation support
A written recommendation with trade-offs is delivered, and we support execution, filings and post-transaction compliance.
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