Guillermo Garau

Guillermo Garau specializes in advising financial and strategic clients engaged in M&A and divestiture activity. He enjoys close to 20 years of accounting and corporate finance experience, and his expertise spans the entire deal spectrum including pre-deal strategy, valuation, due diligence, contract & negotiation support, separation and integration planning.

Mr. Garau has managed or served as a key member of cross-functional M&A teams in over 250 transactions and his deal related experience has a value range from $1 million to multibillion-dollar transactions. He has assisted clients with projects in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, China, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

Mr. Garau's transaction experience extents multiple industries, amongst these: telecommunications, media, technology, real estate, hospitality, business services, consumer & retail, transportation & logistics, financial services and transaction processing.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Garau was a Partner in the Advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”). He co-led PwC’s Deals Latam financial due diligence practice and led PwC’s Mexico Deals divestiture platform. He started his career at PwC as an auditor to financial institutions and investment management companies. Mr. Garau also worked for RBC Capital Markets as an equity analyst covering REITs.

Mr. Garau has a B.A. in Accounting from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from Indiana University. He is a CFA charter holder and Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Mr. Garau is fully bilingual (English and Spanish).