Financial due diligence (buy side)

Any organisation considering a deal needs to check all the assumptions it is making about that deal. Financial due diligence provides peace of mind to both corporate and financial buyers, by analysing and validating all the financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions being made. It uses past trading experience to form a view of the future and confirms that there are no 'black holes'.

The components of the service are revenue and market due diligence, synergy validation, maintainable earnings, future cash flows and all operational issues, as well as deal structuring.

Potential issues

  • Do you need to build on your company’s existing activities by purchasing complementary products?
  • Do you want to purchase a company to gain access to its existing products in new markets, or to increase your customer base?
  • Do you need to expand your company’s current portfolio of products and services through the acquisition of new ones - potentially to provide a hedge against the movements in the markets in which the company operates?
  • Do you want to spread your company’s market risk by purchasing a company in another country?

How we can support you

  • By enhancing the purchaser’s understanding of the target business and therefore increasing the likelihood of the deal achieving its objectives
  • By helping you to identify and understand critical success factors and therefore improve your understanding of all the relevant issues so that informed decisions can be made
  • By highlighting strengths that can be built upon or weaknesses that can be resolved

Contact us

Pavol  Pravda

Pavol Pravda

Partner, PwC Slovakia

Tel: +421 259 350 460

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