Demerger Advisory Services

Demerger Advisory Services
We help optimise your demerger. We put together buyers, sellers and debt/equity financing packages.
Areas in which we frequently assist include:
- Pre-transaction advice
- Restructuring
- Identifying businesses meeting your de-merger needs
- Advising on capital structures – matching assets and liabilities
- Managing disclosures
- Drafting bid documentation
- Optimising tax structures – for buyers and sellers
- Undertaking due diligence.
- Negotiating warranties and guarantees
- Creating management incentive plans – including Employers’ Management Incentive (EMI) schemes
Your Helping Hand
We provide technical/financial advice and help you stay focused on meeting your objectives.
Johnsons – Chartered Accountants Real World Finance Expertise
We‘re more than just UK Chartered Accountants. You can count on our demerger experience.
- We’re a growing, full-service, mid-sized firm of Chartered Accountants – and are small enough to care.
- We’ve currently (February 2025)) the resources and expertise to address your de-merger requirements.
Advisory Team

J Stuart Thomson MA CA FCT ATT MCSI
Group Managing Director
- Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)
- Associate Chartered Accountant (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales)
- FCT – Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers
- MCSI – Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments
- ATT – Association of Tax Technicians

Edmund Cartwright FCCA
Managing Director / Audit Partner
- Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).
- Authorised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) to conduct audits.
- Authorised as a Responsible Individual by the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to conduct Public Interest Entity (PIE) audits.

Rob Wilkes FCA
Audit Director
- Rob has 34 years of audit experience.
- Worked in the UK, Ireland and Australia and at four of the top five global accounting firms.
- Advises and audits clients in the technology, professional services, leisure, hospitality, manufacturing, wholesale and NFP sectors.
- Experienced in leading the delivery of audits for listed companies, large privately owned international companies and Private Equity owned businesses.

Peter Briant CTA
Tax Manager
- Chartered Tax Advisor with 20 years experience.
- HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Inspector of Taxes.
- Has worked in tax strategy, tax investigations, large business, public sector, personal tax and corporation tax.
- Represented HMRC in discussions with foreign fiscal tax authorities.
Next Step
Contact us to learn how we can help reduce your demerger risks – and negotiate a better deal. You’ll be pleased you did.