If a corporate or a private equity house wants to acquire another
company, it will need to thoroughly understand that company's current and
projected performance. We provide a commercial due diligence report, which
usually involves a comprehensive review of the company's business plan in the
context of projected market conditions and the industry/competition.
Scenario
- You are considering
acquiring a company, but there is market or competitive uncertainty, such as
new technologies, customers, trends, legislation, powerful buyers, or a new
geographic market etc, and you need to know how these issues might impact the
current and future value of the company
- You are considering
acquiring a company, and the revenue/EBIT projections appear to be very
aggressive (relative to historic performance). You therefore need to
test/validate the achievability of these projections
- You are considering
acquiring a company, and a significant proportion of the revenue/EBIT
projections appear to be based upon the success of new products, customers
and/or markets. You therefore need to test/validate the reasonableness of these
assumptions.
The support we offer
- Your organisation reaps
maximum benefit from our network at the most critical stage of the process and
can therefore make informed decisions as to whether this is still a route you
wish to take
- Rapid diagnosis of – and
subsequent focus on - key commercial deal issues with the result that you can
be sure that you have had expert advice regarding recent developments in the
chosen sector
- Our conclusions are
based on well-researched and integrated views on all aspects of the
transaction. This translates into a less cumbersome and more efficient due
diligence process, meaning your organisation may only have one report rather
than two or three. This then saves you time and of course, cost. This will
therefore lead to:
- Sustainability of
competitive advantage and revenues/income
- Achievability of
business plan projections
- Target specific
market/industry-related investment risks
- Strategic/market-related
value-creating opportunities
- Implications for
financial performance/valuation