Our Due diligence team can perform an investigation or audit of a potential investment or product to confirm all facts, such as reviewing all financial records, plus anything else deemed material. It refers to the care a reasonable person should take before entering into an agreement or a financial transaction with another party. Due diligence can also refer to the investigation a seller does of a buyer; items that may be considered are whether the buyer has adequate resources to complete the purchase, as well as other elements that would affect the acquired entity or the seller after the sale has been completed.

Financial due diligence focuses on verifying the financial information provided and to assess the underlying performance of the business. This would be expected to consider areas of earnings, assets, liabilities, Cash flow, debt and management

The broad areas of investigation include finance, legal, personnel, taxation, environmental and other market/commercial considerations. The scope of investigate the following nine fields:

(a) Compatibility audit

(b) Financial audit

(c) Macro-environmental audit

(d) Legal – environmental audit

(e) Marketing audit

(f) Production audit

(g) Management audit

(h) Information systems audit

(i) Reconciliation audit