Experienced M&A advisor

Prateek has a decade-long experience of working in the M&A/deals market spanning across the UAE, the UK and Germany managing several buy and sell side transactions. Whilst he specializes in undertaking rigorous financial diligence, he also possesses a strong working knowledge of other propositions in the M&A lifecycle built through working on a breadth of projects of varying complexities across a wide spectrum of sectors and notably infrastructure and real estate.
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The velocity of transactions and functional/sector experience enables Prateek to provide a holistic perspective on the pivotal risk factors, value considerations, and operational synergies most critical from the lens of financial sponsors and/or strategic players. On all his engagements, he strives to blend the risk-based diligence framework with future value creation potential, thus generating value-add for all his clients
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In his most recent role as an AD with the KPMG's private equity team based out of Frankfurt, Prateek worked in close coordination with large cap and mid-market PE players on buy and sell-side transactions for assets domiciled across Europe, providing DD, value creation and carve-out advice.
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Some prominent transactions Prateek has been a part of include inter-alia the divestment of Brussels Airport by Macquarie, carve-out of HTS division by Imerysfor an unsuccessful bidder (Lone Star), and acquisition of a pure play procurement software business by KeensightCapital.