Guide · M&A

What M&A advisers and post-merger-integration (PMI) consultants do

The services M&A advisers and post-merger-integration consultants provide, end to end.

Quick answer

M&A advisers run the transaction — strategy, valuation, the sell-side or buy-side process, diligence, structuring, negotiation and acquisition financing. Post-merger-integration (PMI) consultants take over after close — 100-day planning, synergy capture, operating-model and systems integration, and talent retention. Matchpoint provides both ends.

What M&A advisers do

M&A advisers guide and execute a merger, acquisition or divestment end to end: valuation, preparing the information memorandum, buyer or target identification, running a competitive process, coordinating diligence, structuring the deal and negotiating to close. They also arrange the acquisition financing — senior, mezzanine or unitranche debt with sponsor or management equity.

What post-merger-integration (PMI) consultants do

See post-merger integration and synergies.

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Why running M&A and PMI together matters

When the same team quantifies synergies at deal stage and delivers them after close, less value leaks. Deals routinely lose value to talent flight — year-one turnover can approach half of employees, and higher where value sits with the founder and a visa-tied workforce. Integrating advisory and PMI protects the value the buyer paid for.

How this works in the GCC

UAE and GCC M&A also handles local specifics Western checklists miss — trade-licence and visa obligations, end-of-service (gratuity) liabilities, nominee ownership structures, and turnover-based merger control since 2023. Matchpoint provides senior-led, origination-to-close advisory and PMI in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the region. See M&A Advisory.

Related pages

M&A practicePost-merger integrationSynergiesBuy a businessM&A advisory guide
Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

Strategy and target or buyer screening, valuation, running the sell-side or buy-side process, due-diligence coordination, deal structuring and negotiation, and arranging the acquisition financing.

100-day and full integration planning; synergy identification, capture and tracking; operating-model, systems and process integration; organisation and talent-retention design; and risk, culture and change management.

Yes — Matchpoint is UAE-licensed with partners in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, running sell-side, buy-side and merger mandates with cross-border reach into KSA, India, the UK and the US.

Suggested citation: Matchpoint Partners, “What M&A advisers and post-merger-integration (PMI) consultants do”, updated July 2026.
Last updated: July 2026.
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