Josh Buckley
Managing Director
As a managing director, Josh Buckley is responsible for sourcing and managing client relationships, leading client engagements, and managing the firm’s business affairs in the New York area.
Background
Josh Buckley is a tenured transaction advisory leader with over 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). For more than two decades, he has specialized in transaction due diligence and comprehensive M&A advisory services for both strategic and financial sponsors. Josh’s expertise lies in leading complex public and private transactions, focusing on financial and accounting diligence across diverse industries. He excels at synthesizing complex financial data and managing multidisciplinary teams.
Throughout his career, Josh has worked on over 250 transactions, with deal sizes ranging from $5 million to $10+ billion. His industry experience spans chemicals, manufacturing, industrial services, consumer products, media and entertainment, life sciences, technology, telecommunications, automotive, oil and gas, services, retail, and restaurant sectors. Josh has been involved in numerous industry consolidations, roll-ups, carve-outs, mergers, combinations, and spin transactions. His international experience includes large cross-border transactions valued between $5 million and $2 billion in countries such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany.
Josh provides both buy-side and sell-side transaction support, including evaluating historical earnings and performance, analyzing working capital requirements, foreign exchange and closing projections, debt analysis, carve-out and synergy analyses, and input on sale and purchase agreements. He has also demonstrated leadership in innovation by spearheading the development and growth of the EY East region TD Data Analytics practice, expanding the group from inception to include 2 PPMDs and over 40 employees, while leading the training in data analytics for the entire Transaction Diligence practice. This commitment to leveraging technology within transactions has solidified Josh’s position as a highly valued professional in M&A advisory services.
Outside of his professional life, Josh resides in Wall, New Jersey, with his wife, four children, and two beloved pets.
Education and Certifications
- Bachelor of Science in Finance, University of Delaware
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of Delaware
- Certified Public Accountant