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Due Dilligence

The complex and ever-changing landscape for many industries continues to produce significant financial and operational challenges for transactions to take place. In today's business world, issues like child labor, carbon emissions, fair tax and corruption bring complex and costly risks as well the opportunity to gain competitive advantage by doing things differently.

Due diligence refers to the process of research and analysis that is done before an acquisition, investment, business partnership or bank loan in order to determine the value of the subject of the due diligence or whether there are any major issues or potential issues. The prospective acquirer / investor should obtain all the necessary information within the predetermined time and make sure that he makes a good deal and not a costly mistake.

The purpose of due diligence is to validate the buyer’s or creditor’s investment thesis by verifying the assumptions made when the transaction was negotiated, seeking out issues and opportunities our clients were not aware of, and providing them with data and insight to help formulate a post-transaction plan.

How we can help Our experts work side-by-side with financial and legal experts in Deal Advisory to offer buy-side, joint venture and sell-side clients a truly integrated and efficient due diligence service at every stage of the transaction.

Our due diligence professionals can provide the following services for business:

  • Financial due diligence
  • Tax due diligence
  • Legal due diligence
  • Acquisition due diligence
  • Vendor due diligence
  • Investigative Due Diligence
  • Assessment of the business's material ESG risks, liabilities and opportunities
  • Ensuring Compliance with company's policies, procedures and performance against peers and sector best practice
  • Estimates of how potential liabilities could affect costs, cash flow and the deal timeline
  • Recommendations on adjustments to the valuation

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