Lorraine D.

M&A & Corporate Finance Expert with over 20 years of experience, I support companies, investors, and consulting firms on strategic financial decisions: acquisitions, fundraising, refinancing, and investment analysis.

I am particularly involved in transaction execution, financial modeling, valuation analysis, and preparing financial documents for investors or banks.

I typically work in high-stakes contexts: preparing a sale, analyzing investment opportunities, or providing ad-hoc support to M&A / corporate development teams.

Throughout my career, I have worked on complex international operations, including within the M&A teams of Warner Bros Discovery, dealing with valuation, due diligence, and multi-country financial structuring issues.

Recent experiences: sale of an entertainment asset, restructuring and sale of a media company (return to profitability from -€200k to +€600k).

My areas of expertise:

- Mergers and acquisitions (buy-side / sell-side / carve-out)

- Advanced financial modeling & complex asset valuation

- Corporate strategy & capital allocation

- Strategic and financial due diligence (especially cross-border)

- Business planning & financial restructuring

What I bring:

- Ability to work with complex matrix organizations

- Experience in demanding corporate environments (investment committees, boards, international governance)

- Strategic vision coupled with rigorous financial execution

- Mastery of US / Europe / cross-border issues

International profile:

- Involvement in multi-country transactions and projects

- Accustomed to working with multicultural teams and international investors

- Bilingual French / English (work and negotiation in an English-speaking environment)