Expert M&A advice — from a CA and Solicitor with 30 years of deal experience.
Quinn M&A — led by Michael Quinn CA and Solicitor — advises business owners and acquirers on transactions from $1 million to $200 million in enterprise value. Process-led execution backed by the accounting and legal rigour most advisors can't provide.
Confidential. No obligation. We respond within 1 business day.
The M&A advisor who can read the accounting, write the legal advice,
and run the deal. Most can't do all three.
Most M&A advisors are strong in one discipline. Michael Quinn is both — a Chartered Accountant since 1984 and a Solicitor registered in the Supreme Court of NSW since 1995. That foundation, combined with a specialist team across accounting, law and transaction management, changes what we can do for you at every stage of a deal.
Transactions hit complexity in valuation methodology, tax structure, warranties, or due diligence scope. Having accounting and legal expertise in one advisor means no gaps, no delays translating between disciplines, and no advice that contradicts itself at the table.
The same adviser handles
The same adviser handles
Advice that holds up under scrutiny.
Whether you're selling a business you've spent years building, acquiring strategically, or preparing for either — our work is built around disciplined process, commercial rigour, and protection of your confidentiality at every stage.
Sell-side advisory
Structured sale processes designed to protect confidentiality, attract the right buyers, and maximise value through competitive tension and rigorous preparation. From readiness to completion.
Explore sell-side advisory → 02Buy-side advisory
Target identification, approach strategy, due diligence coordination, valuation support and deal execution — without the conflicts of interest that come with larger firm mandates.
Explore buy-side advisory → 03Mergers
Strategic combinations, shareholder reorganisations and pre-transaction restructuring. We align commercial outcome with tax position and legal structure from the outset.
Enquire → 04Business valuations
Independent, methodology-driven valuations for M&A, tax, estate planning, partner exit or dispute purposes. Prepared by a CA ANZ Specialist Business Valuer with supporting documentation.
Request a valuation → 05Due diligence
Financial, tax and legal diligence coordinated by one adviser so findings translate directly into deal structure and contract drafting — not another advisory hand-off.
Enquire → 06Tax advice & legal services
Specialist taxation advice and legal services integrated into every transaction. Structuring, CGT concessions, warranties and completion — handled by the same adviser running your deal.
Enquire →Significant private
transactions.
Mid-market scale.
We advise on transactions where getting the structure right is as important as getting the price right. Often more. Our work concentrates in the Australian mid-market — typically between $1 million and $200 million in enterprise value.
A structured process that
protects you throughout.
The goal is not activity — it's leverage, clarity and a clean path to completion. Every stage is designed to protect your confidentiality, maintain negotiating momentum and keep you informed so you can make decisions with confidence.
Confidential discovery
Understand your objectives, timeline, constraints and what a successful outcome looks like — before anything else moves.
Preparation & value narrative
Build the investment story, address readiness issues and prepare the materials that support your position in buyer discussions.
Targeted buyer engagement
Controlled, confidential outreach to qualified buyers. NDAs and staged disclosure protect your business from day one of market engagement.
Offers & negotiation
Evaluate proposals, manage competing interest and negotiate terms with commercial logic — accounting, legal and tax dimensions considered together.
Due diligence coordination
Keep the process organised and moving. Coordinate information requests, manage disclosure and protect momentum through the most demanding phase.
Completion
Drive to signing with clear accountability, follow-through on conditions and the calm hand of an adviser who has done this many times before.
"30 years of accounting, law, and deal experience — in one adviser."
Michael Quinn began his career at Deloitte in 1978. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Commerce degree in 1982, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1984. Following his registration as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of NSW in 1995, he has spent more than two decades focused on M&A advisory for owners of private businesses.
His qualifications span accounting, law, taxation, audit, business valuation and company governance. Michael understands the full picture of a transaction — not just the financial model, but the legal risk, the tax structuring, the stakeholder dynamics and the negotiation strategy. Most advisors have one of these lenses. Michael has all of them.
Michael is supported by a specialist team with deep expertise across accounting, commercial law and transaction management. Clients get Michael's personal involvement and the depth that a dedicated team brings to every engagement.
- Fellow — Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (FCA)
- Solicitor — Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Specialist Business Valuer — CA ANZ
- Registered Business Valuer — Australian Institute of Business Brokers
- Fellow — Taxation Institute of Australia
- Fellow — Australian Institute of Company Directors
- Registered Company Auditor
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