Deals expertise

Whether you are a buyer or a seller, we can assist and advise you in your financial, commercial and operational due diligence in order to help you maximise the value from a proposed transaction.

Our approach to due diligence is about understanding the dynamics of the deal and the business, its motives, its value drivers, its synergies, its risks and, ultimately, its pricing. Our services span the entire deal cycle, from early stage deal evaluation through execution to post acquisition integration and deal harvesting, depending on the needs of the client.

For buyers, we can help you to improve your understanding of the target business and identify risks and opportunities therefore increasing the likelihood of your transaction meeting its objectives. We focus our diligence on those areas that have the most impact on value, leveraging our deep local and international transactions experience to uncover hidden risks and opportunities to help you maximise the value captured.

For vendors, we can also work with you as either vendor assist or vendor due diligence specialists . Our experienced team focuses on minimising the erosion of business value, presentation of balanced findings (including potential upside and downside risks) and allowing the seller to keep control of the sale process. We use our extensive experience of sales processes to minimise the potential disruption that a sale process can cause to the business and the management team.

Our dedicated Middle East Strategy team comprises of commercial and market due diligence experts who advise corporate and private equity clients on their investment and acquisition strategies. Their in-depth industry and market know-how allows them to identify and address the key commercial issues quickly and cost-efficiently. The extent of our global network (1,300 strategy, market, valuation, economics and transaction specialists in 30 countries across the globe) means that we can help our clients across numerous sectors and territories in the Middle East region.