Finance Monthly M&A Awards Winners Edition

FINANCE MONTHLY M&A AWARDS 2020 121 FIRM PROFILE Duff & Phelps is the world’s premier provider of governance, risk and transparency solutions. We work with clients across diverse sectors in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, disputes and investigations, cyber security, claims administration and regulatory compliance. With Kroll, the leading global provider of risk solutions, and Prime Clerk, the leader in complex business services and claims administration, our firm has nearly 4,000 professionals in 25 countries around the world. Our clients include publicly traded and privately held companies, law firms, government entities and investment organizations such as private equity firms and hedge funds. We also advise the world’s leading standard-setting bodies on valuation and governance best practices. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Our unique and differentiated approach protects, restores and maximizes value across the transaction cycle. We work with clients across diverse sectors and help with financial due diligence; commercial due diligence and growth strategy; operational due diligence and performance improvement; transaction structuring and accounting; and transaction tax. Andrew’s specialist Transaction Structuring and Accounting team combines technical accounting expertise with practical deal experience to help clients manage the process of accounting and financial reporting for a transformational event. Our work includes: • Complex accounting and financial reporting • Designing deal structures • GAAP comparison/conversion • Fresh start accounting • Purchase price allocation • Legal entity optimization • Accounting and legal entity structure due diligence • Cash extraction and return of value • Disputes and investigations ABOUT ANDREW PROBERT Andrew Probert is a managing director in Duff & Phelps’ Transaction Advisory Services practice, based in London, and leads the firm’s global transaction structuring and accounting offering. Andrew is recognized for providing independent, practical and commercially-focused technical accounting advice across the whole deal lifecycle. He reacts swiftly and reassuringly to meet his clients’ needs, switching from transaction-related advice to bankruptcy and dispute- related support during the current pandemic. His sole focus is to help clients achieve their transactional goals and resolve their accounting-related problems. Andrew has 20 years of experience working on a variety of projects to support a range of corporate transactions, including M&A, securitizations (traditional and synthetic), debt-to-equity swaps, capital reorganization, returns of value, exit strategies including initial public offerings and bankruptcy proceedings. Andrew leads accounting and structuring support on financial buy-side and vendor due diligence engagements across most industries and geographies, advising clients on complex accounting and practical issues under both IFRS and U.S. GAAP. He holds a bachelor’s degree in maths with accounting from the University of Exeter and is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. CONTACT E: andrew.probert@duffandphelps.com T: +44 (0) 20 7089 0871 W: www.duffandphelps.com