Look closely before you sign.
Entering a market through a partner or an acquisition puts your money and reputation in someone else's hands for a while. Our due diligence shows you what you are buying into.
- Commercial due diligence on acquisition targets, covering customers, contracts, pipeline and market position
- Background and reputation checks on prospective partners and their owners
- Independent testing of a target's growth forecast against market data
- Review of financial performance, carried out with accounting partners where the deal requires it
- Site visits and interviews with management
- A written report rating each issue by likelihood and cost
Incepta Advisory speaks to customers, suppliers, competitors and former employees of the business, and we visit its sites in person. Those conversations reveal how the company is regarded in its own market.
Each risk in our report comes with an estimate of its cost and a suggested way to handle it in the deal terms. Reports are written for decision makers and can be shared with lenders or co-investors.
- Will the target's main customers stay after a change of ownership?
- How reliable is the growth forecast in the sale documents?
- Does this distributor have the reach it claims?
- How much would we need to invest after completion?
Have a deal in view?
Share the outline with us in confidence and a partner will set out how we would approach the review.