Eight Advisory provides dedicated advisory services to the agriculture and food sector, supporting companies navigating the intersection of agricultural production, food manufacturing, and distribution. The firm's experts cover buy-side and sell-side due diligence, working capital optimisation, and strategic transformation for agricultural cooperatives, food producers, and food retailers. With sector knowledge spanning the full agri-food value chain — from farming and agricultural inputs through to food processing and consumer food distribution — the firm delivers financial, operational, and strategic consulting tailored to the unique dynamics and regulatory environment of the sector.

Support is provided to companies in the field of education, online training, and continuing education. The education sector is a growing focus for private equity and corporate investors, with Eight Advisory's teams bringing deep financial and operational expertise to transactions, restructurings, and transformations in this space. From higher education institutions to edtech platforms and training providers, the firm delivers buy-side and sell-side due diligence, strategic transformation, and operational advisory — helping education sector clients navigate deal complexity and accelerate value creation.

The team has a strong expertise across all regulated and unregulated financial services sectors to assist clients in all their strategies. Eight Advisory and its FS Team have advised on 250+ projects in the financial services sectors, including notably insurance, banking (including leasing), asset management & investor solutions, brokerage, wealth management, payment services, and non-performing loans. Teams have developed strong expertise in financial services across Transaction Services, Legal & Tax, Actuarial, Valuation & Modelling, Capital Markets, ESG, Carve-out, Post Merger Integration, and IT — ready to assist through every step of deal processes in order to maximise strategic, operational, and financial levers.

The strong attractiveness of the Healthcare & Life Sciences sector stems from its resilience to crises and significant growth potential. The sector is extremely dynamic and faces continuous and significant changes that have only been accelerated by recent events, representing both challenges and opportunities for significant growth. Eight Advisory's dedicated teams support healthcare and life sciences companies — spanning hospitals, pharma, biotech, and medtech — through transactions, restructuring, and transformation projects. With deep sub-sector expertise across the full Healthcare & Life Sciences landscape, the firm provides financial due diligence, strategic and operational advisory, and transformation support throughout the investment life cycle.

Supporting the long-term transformation of industry in light of current geopolitical, technological, and environmental tensions. Now more than ever, the industry sector must transform to address geopolitical challenges, relocation, decarbonisation, tariffs, and financing — and the firm believes in aligning business development, operational optimisation, and financing with corporate strategy. Experts and teams cover traditional industry sub-sectors, but also work in sectors with strong industrial components. Support extends across aeronautics, automotive, materials, chemicals, construction, and defense — including industrial ramp-up, strategic partnerships, program structuring, operational performance, and value chain reshoring.

Building robust and sustainable infrastructure — the Infrastructure & Project Finance Team and Strategy & Operations teams provide a full range of tailored services to assist clients in all phases of their infrastructure and energy projects. Eight Advisory has advised on 250+ projects across numerous sectors in the infrastructure space, including energy and renewables, telecoms, transport, and social and public infrastructure and utilities. With a pan-European team of 40+ dedicated professionals, the firm assists investment funds, companies, and public authorities in financing, modelling, and transaction projects, as well as commercial due diligences, corporate strategies, and operational excellence. Coverage spans renewable energy (wind, solar, hydrogen), transport infrastructure (rail, road, air, sea), telecoms fibre, and social and public infrastructure.

Eight Advisory, along with Eight International correspondents in Italy and the United States, advises leading companies in the luxury goods and cosmetics industries. Every year, the firm's experts handle 30 to 50 critical assignments, including due diligence, financial valuation, and transformation projects specifically within the Luxury & Cosmetics sector. These comprehensive engagements enable clients to navigate complex transactions, optimise tax strategies, and implement successful restructurings with confidence. Services include rigorous due diligence examining financial, legal, and operational aspects, as well as in-depth financial valuations using fully adapted methodologies and extensive market expertise.

In a fast-changing environment that is forcing companies to adapt their business model and evolve their value chain, dedicated teams help clients get the most out of all their operations. With the rise of digital services and innovative technologies, customer experience is critical in the Media & Entertainment sector. The firm's multidisciplinary service offering — spanning Transformation, Transaction Services, Restructuring, and Financial Engineering — enables support in a variety of situations, from optimisation and organisation of day-to-day operations to the valuation of external growth transactions and data assets.

A fully integrated real estate offering, delivered by a dedicated and highly experienced team. Whether you are a developer, investor, occupier, or representing a real estate company, you operate in a sector shaped by complex and interconnected financial, technical, and human challenges. Eight Advisory leverages a dedicated real estate team with deep expertise to support clients in transactions, strategic initiatives, and the analysis of financial and operational performance. As an independent consulting firm, it offers a fully integrated suite of services across the entire real estate value chain — encompassing development, investment, and asset management.

Eight Advisory helps retail companies to rethink and implement their strategy to face market challenges and dynamics. The retail sector is undergoing rapid transformation driven by digitalisation, shifting consumer behaviours, and omnichannel pressures, requiring companies to adapt business models and optimise their value chains. The firm's dedicated retail teams provide support across transactions (buy-side and sell-side due diligence), restructuring, and operational transformation — enabling retailers and consumer goods companies to strengthen performance, navigate complex deals, and drive sustainable value creation.

Multi-faceted and constantly evolving, Tech is an increasingly important component of every sector. This very broad and rapidly expanding sector encompasses platforms and service vectors, software publishing, cloud infrastructures, semiconductors, and hardware, with new business models rapidly emerging and setting the stage for global growth. Technological innovation has revolutionized habits and practices, from software to anything and everything-as-a-service, calling into question the historical business models of every other sector. Eight Advisory's dedicated tech team assists technology companies across the full value chain — from transactions and financial due diligence to restructuring and operational transformation.

Eight Advisory has worked with clients on numerous transactions in the particularly dynamic telecoms sector, and assisted most of the major players in creating financial models for their fibre businesses. The firm brings consolidated expertise across telecoms and digital infrastructure, covering network operators, fibre roll-out, and digital infrastructure investment. With deep knowledge of the sector's regulatory environment, capital-intensive business models, and rapidly evolving competitive dynamics, Eight Advisory's teams support telecoms and digital infrastructure companies through transactions, financing, and strategic transformation projects across Europe.

Eight Advisory provides support to B2B service providers on their strategic and operational challenges in various contexts.

Advisory on AI strategy and deployment to help organisations integrate artificial intelligence into their operations and finance functions. Delivers AI strategy development, implementation roadmaps, and capability building to enable organisations to harness AI for business transformation, operational efficiency, and enhanced financial planning and forecasting accuracy.

Dedicated advisory on IPOs, capital raising, public debt issuances, tender offers, SPACs, and major listed-company transactions. Provides comprehensive preparation of all required financial information, investor-grade materials, and regulatory documentation, with specialised expertise in structuring complex financings and orchestrating public capital markets processes.

Advisory to secure and accelerate data-centric organisation deployments and digital strategy execution. Enables businesses to modernise operations through technology-enabled transformation, combining strategic architecture with operational implementation to unlock digital value and build sustainable competitive advantage.

Forensic and litigation advisory including damages assessment, post-M&A disputes, distressed litigation, and international arbitration support. Delivers expert witness services, independent expert determination, and delay analysis across complex commercial disputes and post-acquisition controversies, combining forensic financial analysis with litigation strategy and regulatory investigation support.

Strategic advice based on economic modelling with a focus on competition economics, antitrust litigation, regulatory issues, state aid, and sector inquiries. Combines economic analysis and regulatory expertise to advise on complex competition law matters, regulatory strategy, and government relations, drawing on experience across competition authorities and regulatory bodies.

ESG investing and due diligence, CSRD and regulatory compliance services, and ESG sustainability strategy for corporates and investors. Provides comprehensive Environmental, Social and Governance advisory spanning sustainability strategy development, regulatory compliance (including Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive implementation), investment-grade ESG due diligence, and integrated sustainability performance reporting.

Advisory to CFOs and finance functions on short-term financing, working capital management and improvement, cash services optimization, and finance operating model transformation. Delivers comprehensive finance function modernisation combining process redesign, technology enablement, and working capital efficiency to enhance liquidity, forecasting accuracy, and financial agility.

Advisory on infrastructure transactions, energy sector deals, and project finance structures, supporting investors and corporates through complex capital and strategic decisions. Combines transactional expertise with sector specialisation, delivering comprehensive structuring and advisory on debt financing, equity capital structures, and investment risk allocation in long-cycle infrastructure and energy assets.

End-to-end financial and operational advisory for buy-side and sell-side transactions, combining rigorous financial due diligence with sophisticated financial structuring and deal reporting capabilities. Supports private equity sponsors, corporates, and investment funds through complex transaction lifecycles, from deal origination through signing and closing, with expertise in debt financing optimization and post-close financial integration.

People advisory to engage employees in transformation journeys and ensure lasting organisational performance through an inclusive and pragmatic approach. Combines human capital strategy with change leadership, building organisational capability and employee engagement to drive sustainable performance improvement and cultural transformation.

One-stop-shop advisory for private equity firms and portfolio companies across the full investment lifecycle, from deal origination and due diligence to value creation and exit. Delivers comprehensive transaction support, operational value creation planning, 100-day post-acquisition integration, and exit preparation across hundreds of transactions, combining financial engineering with operational performance improvement to maximise investor returns.

Fully integrated real estate advisory covering transactions, strategic initiatives, and financial and operational performance analysis for developers, investors, and occupiers. Provides bespoke support from early-stage strategy through transaction execution and post-completion integration, combining real estate valuation expertise with transactional structuring and operational performance improvement.

Financial and operational restructuring advisory encompassing turnaround planning, distressed M&A, insolvency administration, and Chief Restructuring Officer engagements. Delivers comprehensive Independent Business Reviews and restructuring strategies spanning balance sheet optimization, operational performance improvement, and stakeholder value protection, with deep expertise across multiple jurisdictions and sectors since firm founding.

Valuation and financial modelling services across transactional, accounting, legal, and tax contexts, including fairness opinions, purchase price allocations, management packages, and transfer pricing analysis. Delivers rigorous, defensible valuations across all European economic sectors, combining deep sectoral expertise with sophisticated financial modelling methodologies tailored to diverse commercial and regulatory requirements.

Strategic and operational advisory covering value creation plans, strategic transformation initiatives, and turnaround operational restructuring. Combines corporate strategy development with implementation rigor, delivering functional expertise across industrial and commercial sectors to drive competitive repositioning, operational performance improvement, and sustainable value creation.

Transaction tax, restructuring tax, valuation and transfer pricing advisory for companies of all sizes and investment funds across Europe and internationally. Combines transactional tax structuring with strategic planning, offering M&A tax due diligence, cross-border restructuring advice, and transfer pricing compliance across multiple jurisdictions through in-house tax teams spanning France, UK, Germany, and Belgium.

Advisory on technology strategy and transformation programmes to modernise IT operating models and enable business change. Combines strategic technology roadmapping with operational transformation delivery, redesigning IT organisations and capabilities to support organisational agility and competitive digital positioning.