Mazars has a team of qualified professionals who can help you conduct your transactions, develop a suitable financing strategy, determine the value of your business and its assets, and put in place a precise and customized due diligence procedure. Our professionals can assist you, on a daily basis, with your local and international ambitions by offering you a complete range of financial advisory services tailored to your company, regardless of its size, its industry, its situation or its market.

Transactional Services

Our specialists provide sound advice to help you carry out your strategic transactions in:

• Acquisitions
• Mergers
• Divestments
• Any other form of strategic alliance

They assist you throughout your decision-making process by putting at your disposal their extensive knowledge of the market as well as their business network so that you can make an optimal transaction.

Valuation

The value of your business is affected by several factors, including economic and industry conditions, competition, historical and forecast financial performances, and management capabilities. Business valuation is a complex process requiring an extensive knowledge of finance and business, expert application of recognized valuation methodologies and commitment to professional standards.

Our business valuation experts provide an independent and unbiased assessment to businesses, individuals, financial institutions and legal professionals in the context of a:

• Transaction
• Shareholder dispute
• Commercial litigation
• Tax or estate planning
• Financial reporting

Structured Financing

A sound financing strategy is essential to support your growth and achieve your business objectives. Our professionals can help you define an appropriate financing strategy, whether you want to:

• Respond to a growing need for working capital
• Finance the purchase of capital assets
• Put together a merger or acquisition

Our team can count on the strength of our network of partners to prepare business plans, perform in-depth financial analyses, and create complex financial models that will enable you to optimize your resources and facilitate your procedures.

Due Diligence

In a transaction, due diligence provides a detailed picture of the financial, commercial and operational aspects of a company so that you can:

• Rely on solid and impartial data
• Identify the commercial risk
• Determine adjustments to the transaction price

Our professionals can help you build a due diligence plan that is tailored to your organization and that complies with the legal, tax and financial constraints. 

Information Technology Due Diligence

Information technologies (IT) play a key support role when it comes to financial information. Our specialized team can help you:

• Put in place general controls to ensure the reliability of your information systems
• Establish governance, in line with your business strategy, in the management of your IT operations
• Ensure that your systems comply with the applicable regulatory requirements

About Mazars Consulting Inc.

Mazars Consulting Inc. is the corporate finance and transactional services firm of Mazars in Canada, oriented towards the private sector market. Our specialists offer integrated services based on a practical and multisectoral approach. Through our international network, our team works on a daily basis with professionals and experts present in more than 89 countries to give you access to buyers and sellers all around the world.

Mazars Consulting Inc. is registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) as an Exempt Market Dealer.

About Mazars in Canada

Mazars in Canada is part of Mazars, an international, integrated and independent organization present in 89 countries with more than 22,000 experienced professionals around the world. We support SMEs, large private and public companies, NPOs and individuals in all stages of their development. Our professionals combine excellence, proximity and long-term vision to provide customized solutions that are comprehensive and adaptable to any situation and environment. Our local expertise supported by our global network makes Mazars a business advisor of choice.

• Montreal

• Fund of funds

• Accountants / Auditors
• Consultants / Brokers
• Other

• DRAKKAR & ASSOCIÉS INC. acquired a majority stake in the company AVIANOR INC. in 2019 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• SIA PARTNERS US, INC. acquired the American company LOFT9 LLC in 2019 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• DESJARDIN CAPITAL and INVESTISSEMENT QUÉBEC financed the expansion of GROUPE AZUR in 2018 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the company as part of its financing.
• ADDEV CANADA INC. acquired PROFOM INC. in 2018 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• SIA PARTNERS INC. acquired E3 SERVICES CONSEILS INC. in 2018 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the seller in the context of this transaction.
• GROUPE LA PERRIERE SAS acquired ROBERT REFORD AGENCY INC. in 2017 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• INDUSTRIES JACQUES INC. acquired PRECIFAB INC. in 2017 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• DELCOM BUSINESS SOLUTIONS acquired GESTION D'ACHATS RAM INC. in 2017 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the seller in the context of this transaction.
• ETPO CANADA INC. acquired GEODEX PILING INC. in 2017 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• COMMUNICATION ALTAVIA CANADA INC. acquired CLOUDRAKER INC. in 2016 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• GROUPE ST SAS acquired VIDEOWAVE NETWORKS INC. in 2016 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• GENERIX SA acquired SOLOGLOBE LOGISTIQUE INC. in 2016 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• BELFOR (CANADA) INC. acquired DANAR RESTORATION LTD. in 2016 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the buyer in the context of this transaction.
• MORNEAU SHEPELL LTD. acquired LES CONSULTANTS LONGPRÉ & ASSOCIÉS INC. in 2016 | Mazars acted as financial advisor to the seller in the context of this transaction.