Due Diligence

Negotiate with Confidence

Effective due diligence helps you manage business risk and equips you to negotiate the best possible deal from a position of strength. Through our interdisciplinary approach, we provide expertise in all facets of the transaction to ensure you make strategic investment decisions to benefit you now and in the future.

Our comprehensive due diligence process involves:

  • Understanding your transaction goals
  • Analyzing, testing and evaluating historic business data and forecasted financials
  • Reviewing the quality and sustainability of earnings, achievability of forecasts and identification of profit / cash flow drivers of the prospective business
  • Assessing the proposed acquisition’s tax structure and potential exposures
  • Evaluating the operational aspects of the proposed business, such as the company’s current management capabilities and allocation of resources to identify operational efficiencies
  • Reviewing and providing insight on strategic elements of the acquisition’s business, including corporate structure, level of integration and commercial risks

There are many benefits to working with our due diligence professionals, including:

  • Minimizing the time and cost invested in the acquisition process
  • Securing the best possible deal
  • Enhancing potential ROI on your acquisition Improved clarity of risk for management and financiers

Our due diligence services go beyond discovering and defining risks. We help you feel secure in your investment, ensure you’re not overpaying for an acquisition and that you have the full story before moving forward with a transaction.

 

Insights

  • Progress

    February 23, 2021

    Middle Market M&A Update - Q4 2020

    Aggregate deal value for the quarter increased to $4 billion across 66 transactions. By comparison Q3 totalled $3.5 billion in aggregate deal value across 54 disclosed transactions. Increased deal volumes suggests that investor sentiment is increasingly positive, especially as the vaccine roll-out commences and economic normalization is expected.

  • Progress

    February 23, 2021

    Quarterly Industry Update: Agriculture - Q4 2020

  • Progress

    February 23, 2021

    Quarterly Industry Update Oilfield Services Q4 2020

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