Description
Book SynopsisHow can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the priorities for change to recoup the premium you have paid for it?
The answer to all these questions, and many more, lies within a series of three comprehensive yet concise volumes by Peter Howson.
The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence, the first in the series, is a must for anyone who needs to master the essentials of due diligence with the minimum effort and in the minimum amount of time. Straightforward and unbiased, it sets out the fundamentals of pre-acquisition investigations, showing which are appropriate and why.
Table of ContentsList of illustrations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Getting started
Chapter 3: Working with advisers
Chapter 4: Financial due diligence
Chapter 5: Legal due diligence
Chapter 6: Commercial due diligence
Chapter 7: Human Resources due diligence
Chapter 8: Management due diligence
Chapter 9: Pensions due diligence
Chapter 10: Tax due diligence
Chapter 11: Environmental due diligence
Chapter 12: IT due diligence
Chapter 13: Technology due diligence
Chapter 14: Intellectual property due diligence
Chapter 15: Anti-trust due diligence
