Professional Services
The professional services sector is facing a period of rapid change, and many professional services firms are facing new challenges driven by the downturn in the economy. With clients demanding excellent service delivery as well as value for money, businesses must strive to deliver top quality service while at the same time making prudent use of their resources.
Consumer Business
Definitive Advisory’s consumer business expertise combines the retail, tourism, leisure and hospitality industries.
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The retail and wholesale sector have been at the heart of Definitive Advisory's client base for many years. We focus our full suite of core services on the needs of the country-centric retailer/wholesaler that is taking its first steps into international markets and where ownership and management are intrinsically linked. The growth and development of Definitive Advisory's international tax practice and business outsourcing offerings have allowed us to develop our service proposition to the major multinationals within the sector. Over the years, we have had the privilege to support clients throughout all stages of growth, from start-up, through first finance raising and on to private equity ownership and listing on a public exchange.
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Definitive Advisory has significant experience in the sports & fitness and travel & tourism industries, working with international businesses across restaurants and hotels. We have a thorough understanding of the sector as a whole and a deep level of expertise in each industry area. The services we provide to our clients include business and risk assurance, tax planning, corporate finance assistance, performance improvement advice and personal wealth management, and our success are directly linked to the personal relationships we build with them.
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As more and more groups in the tourism and leisure sector look to expand overseas, Definitive Advisory can help them to work through the options available to them – be it a joint venture, acquisition or open a branch or operate a franchise. Our experts ensure that when our client expand their businesses overseas, they have planned for the most efficient tax structures and have the necessary knowledge on the ground.
Financial Services
Changing regulations. Heightened scrutiny. Increasing competition. The financial services industry is under pressure in several key ways. From hedge funds struggling with new industry pronouncements to insurance agencies grappling with cyber-security concerns, companies across every segment of the industry are facing a host of challenges. And many have both financial and operational implications for their businesses.
Definitive Advisory’s Financial Services Practice draws on deep industry experience to help clients navigate a changing and highly competitive industry. Our professionals deliver audit, tax, and consulting services to a wide range of financial institutions, asset managers, broker-dealers, and insurance companies. We provide proactive guidance and value-added services to our clients, including comprehensive compliance and litigation support services.
Across all of these segments, Definitive Advisory brings an in-depth understanding of the complexities of the financial services industry, and the unique challenges facing our clients’ businesses. And backed by a global network spanning 154 countries and territories, we can address both domestic and international needs.
Technology & Telecommunications
Just as technology rapidly evolves, so too does the sector. Speed, responsiveness and flexibility can be make-or-break for a company at any stage of its lifecycle, especially when moving into new territories.
We enable you to meet the many challenges of international expansion, avoiding the hazards while seizing those short-lived opportunities. We combine our extensive knowledge of this sector with an in-depth understanding of your goals and vision, so we can help you to achieve them in the most efficient ways.