Experienced professionals drawn from our corporate finance and specialist industry and tax teams provide due diligence services to help prospective purchasers validate the key assertions on which the proposed acquisition is to be based. Our approach:
- enhances knowledge of the target business to identify critical risk and success factors and increase the likelihood of a successful deal
- delivers reports that focus on issues, including our opinion on the key risks and financial prospects of the target business.
We tailor the scope of our work to the proposed transaction, but a typical assignment includes:
- an in-depth analysis of historic performance, cash flows, assets and liabilities
- an assessment of forecast performance, including business model drivers, cash flow dynamics and working capital requirements, and key business sensitivities
- a review of the business’s financial systems and controls and
- an analysis of the tax position of the business.