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Restructuring

Supporting a client through a crisis

Our client—a growing Canadian telecommunications business that builds and maintains fibre optic networks—underwent structural and operational changes that resulted in crushing liquidity challenges.

Advisory

Empowering expansion through digital transformation

Our client—a purpose-driven sleep solutions business that began their operations out of a converted garage—saw their already significant growth accelerate through the pandemic.

Family business

Offering a holistic view of estate and succession planning

Our client—an established construction business with diversified operations in western and northern Canada—had come to a critical inflection point.

Transactions

Strengthening growth with seamless collaboration

Our client—a forward-thinking, purpose-driven Ontario-based freight transport provider—had plans for exponential growth that involved several high-stakes opportunities—but competing visions among the leadership made them aware that they needed a multidisciplinary team of advisors with sector-specific expertise to help them navigate the next chapter.

ESG

Building stakeholder confidence in public sustainability reporting

A respected Canadian mining company with operations throughout the Americas engaged Doane Grant Thornton LLP (Canada) and the broader Grant Thornton International network to assist their internal audit team.

Cybersecurity

Uncovering the full scope of a fraudulent scheme

Our client—the Canadian arm of a non-profit—had a former employee divert more than $1M CAD to several different personal bank accounts.

Cybersecurity

Managing complex information and relationships

Our client—a Canadian-based videogame distributor with operations throughout the Americas—noted discrepancies with their inventory flows. One of our client’s subsidiaries—which was operated by a business partner—gave the head office a range of complex documentation and accounting that made the discrepancies difficult to isolate. The head office was concerned that the complex accounting was used to conceal fraud—which was further complicated by the fact that the business partner was critical to their Latin American operations. The situation called for expertise in forensic accounting and a sensitive, collaborative mindset.

Client stories

Strengthening communities through acquisition

This transaction represents the largest investment in the seafood industry by an Indigenous group in Canada. Membertou First Nation, in partnership with six other Atlantic Canadian Mi’kmaq First Nations, had the opportunity to partner with Premium Brands—a North American specialty food manufacturer and distributor—to acquire 50% of Clearwater, a global wild-caught seafood company.

CNPO

Helping a not-for-profit business improve operational efficiency

Our client—a not-for-profit organization—recognized they would benefit from having an end-to-end technology strategy to help guide the future of the organization. Key people across the organization identified processes that were inefficient and slowed employees’ productivity.