IPO Services

The step from private to public is an intense and transformational change for your Company.

Our dedicated IPO team will help you to understand what you need to know, and what you need to do, to complete an IPO. We can help you evaluate the pros and cons of an IPO, assess your readiness for a listing, navigate every phase of the complex IPO process and prepare your business for life as a public company.

PwC offers a broad suite of services for both UK and international companies considering an IPO, bringing together the right team from across SFO with a deep bench of skills and experience.

Our IPO services include:

• IPO Readiness Assessment
• IPO Assurance Services
• Equity Advisory
• Project Management
• Structuring Advice
• Post IPO Support

We will also bring together the right experts from other IPO related services across the SFO network to meet your needs, including, tax advice, strategy, reward planning, management incentives, corporate governance and compliance.

Strategies for going public and being public

The market for IPOs can be volatile. Favorable conditions for going public can vanish as quickly as they arise. Careful pre-IPO planning is critical. The plan must consider the tasks and the timing of the tasks required to go public and operate in public. The company must be prepared to perform in the glare of the public spotlight.

For privately held companies, "being public"–choosing to act as a public company–may yield tangible, financial value regardless of whether or not there is an IPO in the works. The preparation that goes into being public provides a strong foundation for managing the company well and may produce the benefits of:

• An effective and efficient finance function
• Improved decision-making support
• Value driving internal controls
• Risk mitigation

If you are considering taking your company public, or playing a role in an initial public offering, consider the impact on all areas of the company to create the competence, confidence, and performance to maximize the value of the IPO.