One team, one deal file.
Diligence, valuation and integration usually sit with three different advisers who never compare notes. We run them as one team, so what we find in week two shapes the price, the SPA and the first hundred days.
We read the data room the way the seller hopes you won’t — starting with quality of earnings, working capital and the customer contracts behind the headline numbers. Every finding is tagged to price, structure or a condition in the SPA.
After signing, the same people run your integration office, so the synergy case you paid for is the one you track on day one.
Typical triggers
- You have exclusivity and a tight diligence window
- The seller’s EBITDA looks cleaner than the market
- A deal closed, but synergies are behind plan
Everything you need to sign with confidence.
- Quality of earnings Normalised EBITDA, one-offs and run-rate adjustments, reconciled to the accounts.
- Net debt & working capital Debt-like items and a normalised working-capital peg for the SPA.
- Commercial diligence Market, customers and pipeline tested through 15–30 expert calls.
- Regulatory & legal red flags Licences, pending matters and change-of-control risks from our legal desk.
- Valuation & fairness DCF and trading comparables your board and lenders can rely on.
- Tax structuring review Exposures, indemnity asks and the most efficient acquisition structure.
- Synergy case Cost and revenue synergies sized bottom-up, with owners and timing.
- Day-one readiness plan Transitional services, people decisions and the first 100 days on one page.
From data room to day one.
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Red-flag review
Days 1–10A fast read of the data room focused on deal-breakers and the questions that move the price.
Deliverable: Red-flag memo -
Full diligence
Weeks 3–6Financial, tax, commercial and regulatory work streams report into one partner and one issues list.
Deliverable: Integrated diligence report -
Price & terms
Weeks 6–8We translate findings into price adjustments, SPA protections and conditions for your negotiators.
Deliverable: Negotiation pack -
Signing to close
Weeks 8–16Day-one planning, transitional services and the integration office are set up before completion.
Deliverable: Day-one plan -
First 100 days
After closeOur integration office tracks synergies, people decisions and risks with a monthly board report.
Deliverable: Synergy tracker
Capped fees, no surprises.
Red-flag Review
A fast read of the data room focused on deal-breakers and price.
- Data-room review
- Top-20 issues list
- Partner call with your deal team
Full Due Diligence
Financial, tax, commercial and regulatory diligence in one integrated report.
- Everything in Red-flag Review
- Quality of earnings & net debt
- Commercial & regulatory work streams
Integration Office
A PMO that tracks synergies, people decisions and day-one readiness.
- Day-one readiness
- Synergy tracking
- Monthly board report
Fees exclude VAT and data-room costs. Diligence fees are capped in writing; if the deal stops, you pay for work done to date.
What deal teams ask first.
Can you start before we have exclusivity?
How do you avoid duplicating our lawyers’ work?
Will lenders rely on your report?
What if the deal is aborted?
Tell us about the deal.
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