Due Diligence

What you do not find during due diligence, you will find afterwards. And by then, it is entirely your problem.

We conduct due diligence across four workstreams: financial, legal, operational, and commercial, each handled by specialists and tailored to the specific business and sector, not a generic checklist.

We check the quality of earnings, margin sustainability, working capital accuracy, and the treatment of related-party transactions. We verify ownership clarity, undisclosed litigation, regulatory standing, and whether key contracts survive a change of hands. We assess management dependency and whether the projections underlying the price actually hold up, as well as whether customers are likely to stay once the deal closes.

On the financial side, we verify that management accounts match bank statements, since that's usually where misrepresentation first appears. Every finding becomes a clear recommendation: fix it through the contract, adjust the price, or reconsider the deal entirely.