The selection of “Grant Thornton” images on our stock photo site sucks, this office in Ireland is the best I could do sorry.
This morning we received a tip:
Grant Thornton with a “strategic partnership” with New Mountain Capital. All hands call at 12:30 CST to discuss
Before we had a chance to go digging around — we haven’t heard a peep about this until now — our tipster sent over a link to a fresh Financial Times report:
Grant Thornton US sells majority stake to private equity
The US arm of accounting firm Grant Thornton has agreed to sell a majority stake to the investment group New Mountain Capital, in the largest of a wave of private equity deals that are reshaping the sector.
The deal, which would be New Mountain’s second investment in a US accounting firm, was announced to Grant Thornton’s nearly 10,000 staff on Friday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Well. A thing like that.
FT doesn’t give numbers but says “it will be the largest of five private equity deals so far among the top 25 US accounting firms” which isn’t saying much as it’s only recently big deals are being made. And adds:
The cash from New Mountain, together with some debt financing, will be used to return capital to current partners, buy out retirement obligations to former partners and build a war chest for investment, according to people familiar with the plans.
If GTers would like to let us know what happens on that all-hands later please text 202-505-8885 or email because I’m dying to hear how they spin this.
Grant Thornton reported $2.4 billion in revenue for its most recent fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
Grant Thornton US sells majority stake to private equity [Financial Times]
