Due Diligence

This nuts-and-bolts guide examines all aspects of an M&A due diligence-from coming to the decision to acquire a company, to who should be on the due diligence team, to the actual process and the final report and post-closing follow up. It advocates a focus on both risk mitigation and shareholder value creation and emphasizes a holistic approach that spans from planning to post-acquisition integration. The tentative contents are: (1) Introduction, (2) Planning for value creation: growth strategy, (3) Engagement and pursuit, (4) Preparing for due diligence, (5) Validation of value: performing due diligence, (6) Assessment of due diligence results, (7) Optimizing value: post diligence negotiation, (8) Extracting value: post-transaction integration.