Making an acquisition or investment can yield huge rewards but it is vital to ensure that the risks are highlighted to enable you to make a sound decision about whether to proceed with the transaction. Thorough and well executed due diligence is an important part of the assessment process and can help determine whether to proceed with an acquisition and, if so, how best to negotiate and structure it.
The RSM Tenon Transaction Services team has significant experience of providing high-quality due diligence, be it financial, tax, pensions, management, market or commercial.
Our team in the UK liaises closely with other transaction specialists in our global network in order that we can provide a comprehensive due diligence service on international assignments.
Our team reports on approximately 100 businesses each year advising a wide range of companies, investors and lenders. Our approach is to work closely with our clients and to tailor our approach to meet the individual needs of each client on each transaction. Our due diligence projects are genuinely led by our directors. Our advice is pragmatic and relevant; our opinions are frank and straight-forward and our communications are to the point and timely. In this way we make sure that you have the facts and understanding you need to the make the right business decisions at the right time.
Areas that we may typically cover include:
- Assessing the underlying profits and cash flow of a business
- Analysing and commenting on the assets to be purchased and liabilities to be assumed
- Identifying internal control weaknesses including observations on systems and personnel
- Identifying transitional issues and assisting with post-transaction integration issues
- Reviewing corporate, sales and employment tax positions within the various operating jurisdictions and
- Identifying areas of risk (and opportunity) that may require specific protection (through warranties and indemnities) in the purchase agreement
Why would you need our support?
- You are interested in an acquisition and need to be sure that you can rely on the information you have been given and your understanding of that information and that you have identified the potential pitfalls
- You are considering an acquisition overseas and need advisers who can assist you in the UK and understanding the international risks
- You are considering an investment and want to verify some of the information you have been given.
- You want a specialist review on a vendor prepared due diligence report or investment memorandum