Grant Thornton advises Aspect Enterprise Solutions Limited

Aspect Enterprise Solutions is a global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of integrated commodity trading, risk management and data solutions, helping oil and gas companies, banks and trading houses to perform pre-trade analysis, trading, and risk management through an integrated platform. 

Aspect was acquired by ION Investment Group which provides mission-critical trading and workflow automation software solutions to financial institutions, central banks, governments and corporates.  

Aspect’s shareholders and management were keen to explore options, engaging with us to conduct a strategic review. Having worked closely with the management, a sale process was envisaged in early 2017. 

We won the mandate on the strength of our pre-deal work, Fintech/software experience and relationship with the team.  

Our team invested time in understanding what was important to the shareholders and management, whilst preparing the business for a sale. 

The team received a very attractive offer from ION, which was successfully negotiated significantly upwards and maintained throughout the process. 

We managed the transaction through to completion, including running a difficult and long due diligence process and advising on the commercial aspects of the legal documentation. 

We provided corporate finance advisory and tax advisory services, enabling a seamless and joined up process for all parties and securing a prosperous future for the business.