Due Diligence in Context

Over the past weeks, several of you asked me about the classification of the financial due diligence within an M&A transaction. So, let’s discuss this topic here. You may have heard or learned about the M&A process in general. And maybe also about the different types of financial due diligence assignments that exist. So, today, I’ll combine those two frameworks. The M&A process The — simplified — M&A process from a seller’s perspective contains the preparation phase, due diligence phase, negotiation phase; and the close-down phase. There are differences in each process. Sometimes only one or two potential buyers are…...