Our approach to due diligence is collaborative to keep clients informed of real-time issues, issue-focused to remain efficient, and flexible to adapt to the transaction-specific circumstances at hand. To make an informed investment decision and create the best value from the transaction, our procedures as follow:
- On-site diligence team with management to interview and collect information;
- Liaison with independent auditor and arrange discussions with the clients and the audit team;
- Reading and analyzing key source data, including audited financial statements, confidential information memorandum, significant contracts, management reporting packages, trial balance detail, revenue, cost and price-volume detail, balance sheet detail, reserve roll-forwards, debt documents and cash flow statements, among others;
- Analysis of key drivers as defined by management or client
- Analysis of the quality of earnings and assessment of management’s proposed adjustments to reported EBITDA;
- Identification of debt-like items and off-balance sheet commitments, including potential tax exposures; and
- Review and analysis of historical net working capital trends
EBITDA: Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization