Wood Mackenzie is a leading content, analytics and consulting business operating in the Energy, Mining and Metals industries. Since 2001, Deloitte has been a trusted adviser to Wood Mackenzie, through the management buy-out from Deutsche Bank which first made Wood Mackenzie an independent business, through three acquisitions with leading global specialists in the sector to a Corporate Finance Advisory completion with Hellman & Friedman. The Deloitte team has brought a wealth of both local and national Mergers and Acquisitions experience including vendor diligence corporate and private clients’ tax and pensions’ input.

Over the lifetime of the relationship, Wood Mackenzie has grown significantly, currently employing around 900 staff and making it one of the largest commercial research and consulting companies in the world. Its disposal to Hellman & Friedman in July 2012 placed an enterprise value of £1.1bn on the business.

"The transaction with Hellman & Friedman was a tremendous success and we are absolutely delighted with the outcome.”