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Financial due diligence
Our transaction services team specialises in helping investors achieve the best value from a transaction.
Our product normally results from the financial investigation of a business or venture, and is commonly regarded as an essential part of the process of making an investment or financing decision.
What is our product?
Essentially it is what you want it to be – we will tailor our investigation and report to meet your needs. Examples include:
- Reports to support a stock exchange listing (reporting accountant)
- Financial due diligence for a private equity or financial buyer
- Investigation for a corporate or strategic buyer
- Vendor due diligence
- Supporting your bid in a competitive tender
- Post completion support and advice
Does Deloitte specialise in any particular industry sectors?
As a global organisation of member firms, the DTT network, is able to provide expertise in a wide variety of industry sectors. In particular, our transaction services team offer relevant experience in almost all key sectors including:
| Aerospace Building Chemicals Consumer business Energy Engineering Financial services |
Food and beverage Government Healthcare Legal Services Leisure Manufacturing Media |
Real estate Support services Technology Telecommunications Transport Utilities |
Can you help me with complex cross border transactions?
This is at the heart of our business. We have teams in most countries capable of leading and executing the work required to support a transaction.
What are the important elements in a due diligence assignment?
This clearly depends on the transaction and your needs. Typically, however, most buyers, investors or lenders are keenly interested in:
- Understanding the business and its drivers
- Key risks in the business
- Management controls
- Quality of recurring cash flows
- Quality of assets
- Liabilities that can break deals
- Quality and reliability of projections
- Issues likely to affect the purchase price or contract conditions