Private Transactions.
Integrated Solutions.
One Team.

We partner with clients to solve complex problems and optimise success in critical transactions, including successions, company sales, shareholder exits, acquisitions, management buyouts and capital raisings.

Integrated corporate advisory for private companies and social enterprise.

Harding Private is an independent corporate advisory firm, partnering with private companies, boards, management teams, financiers and investors across Australia.

We combine value transformation, transaction readiness, origination, execution and integration, capital raising and ongoing functional support capability under one roof. One team. One accountable relationship, integrating diverse services, through long-term partnerships with clients.

With a national footprint, deep capital and buyer relationships, and global reach through strong international affiliations, we bring over 100 years of combined global advisory and in-house experience across more than $6 billion in transactions.

The Harding Private difference

We’re not a broker. We’re not a consulting firm. We’re an integrated advisory platform that stays with you before, during and after a transaction.

Lifecycle
partners

Most advisers focus on one thing: the deal, the strategy, the capital, the integration, or the ongoing support. We bring it all together, often engaging well before and continuing after a transaction as a partner to your business.

We've been in your shoes

We understand what it’s like on your side of the table and the thinking, relationships and outcomes that characterise great advisers. We’ve served as CEOs, CFOs, senior executives and business leaders.

Integrated service offering

We offer and manage functional and fractional capability across transactions, strategy, succession, technology, data & AI, marketing & communications, sales growth, governance & risk, organisational design & leadership coaching. One team. One relationship.

Aligned with your success

Our remuneration is flexible and structured to align with your outcomes, including success fees and equity participation, where appropriate. We deliver the right result for you, not the largest fee for us. When you win, we win.

Single point of accountability

One senior project lead. Recommendations, engagement, management and coordination of all advisers and service providers. Your management team focuses on running the business, while we manage everything else.

Deep capital relationships

Banks, private credit, private equity, family offices, institutions, sovereign wealth funds or high-net-worth investors. We know who’s active, what they’re looking for, and how to connect you with them.

Our clients' current priorities

Successions & Exits: Australia is facing an unprecedented wave of business transitions as founders and families plan their next chapter. We partner with private company owners to navigate succession with clarity, confidence and outcomes that reflect a lifetime of work.

Management Buyouts & Buy-ins: Management teams often know the business better than anyone. With the right support, they can own it too. We help management teams structure, fund, and execute successful buyouts and buy-ins.

Growth & Acquisition Advisory: Many advisers focus on sell-side roles. We partner with clients over the long term for growth, by drafting playbooks and processes, identifying and diligencing targets, executing acquisitions and delivering real value through integration.

What we do

We advise private companies and social enterprises across our integrated service lines, before, during and after transactions.

Post-Transaction
Services

Pre-Transaction
Services

Transactions

What drives us

Five values shape how we work with our clients and each other.

Connection

Enduring partnerships. We work as an extension of our clients’ leadership teams, bringing the right people, ideas, and opportunities together to make things happen.

Impact

Outcomes matter. We exist to create meaningful, positive change: for our clients, their people, and the communities they operate in.

Ingenuity

Disciplined creativity. We solve complex problems with curiosity, originality and discipline, challenging assumptions and uncovering practical solutions others miss.

Judgment

Seasoned perspective. We bring composed, experienced judgement to complex, high-stakes decisions — when it matters most.

Trust

Discretion, candour, and alignment. We are clear in our advice, protect what matters, and align our actions with our clients’ best interests.

What our clients say

"Paul was a trusted partner and adviser to the leadership team throughout our Silk journey. He led our 2014 management buyout, advised on strategy, growth and capital raising, and later joined as CFO and CCDO, leading acquisitions, integrations, financing, and investor relations. He helped steer the business through COVID, prepared us for our 2021 IPO, and played a key role in our continued expansion. Our recent exit delivered a return of over 30x on our original investment, and Paul’s leadership, advice, relationships and problem-solving were central to that success."

“Paul has advised ISPT / IFM on multiple projects, including strategy, fund establishment, structuring, and capital raising. Working closely with our Strategy & Capital Markets and Healthcare & Education teams, he consistently brings strong leadership, transaction strategy, opportunity origination, creative problem-solving, and commercial insight. Paul is highly respected by our senior leadership team and investor partners, and I value him as both a trusted adviser and colleague.”

“Harding Private facilitated a series of valuable connections to financiers, donors and service providers to help fund the continued growth of Sunny Kids."

“Paul worked closely with me to successfully complete a shareholder exit and designed and implemented a comprehensive financial model to assist in budgeting, operating performance and investment decisions. I was grateful for his guidance, care and insights in challenging circumstances."

Not sure where to start?

Every business is different. Let’s talk about where you are today and where you want to be.

Private Transactions. Integrated Solutions. One Team.