Checklists for Due Diligence

Informationen zum Autor Peter Howson is a director of AMR International, London's leading independent Commercial Due Diligence specialists. He has over 25 years of M&A and business development experience in both industry and as an adviser. He has been involved in a wide range of acquisitions - private equity and corporate, domestic and cross border - in a diverse range of markets in both manufacturing and service industries. He is a regular speaker at M&A and due diligence conferences. Klappentext This collection of checklists is designed to make your due diligence process as smooth and as effective as possible. They cover both the commercial due diligence process - in other words, how 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? As well as the due diligence process itself - making sure you manage the risk aspects of any acquisition. Zusammenfassung Designed to help readers make their due diligence process as smooth and effective as possible, this collection of checklists ensures that they manage the risk aspects of acquisitions. It takes readers through the due diligence process from legal, financial and commercial to employment and IT. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: Checklist 1 - Buyer pre-due diligence; Checklist 2 - Selecting (and working with) advisers; Checklist 3 - Briefing advisers; Checklist 4 - Information to be requested from the target. Financial Due Diligence: Checklist 5 - Financial due diligence. Legal Due Diligence: Checklist 6 - Legal due diligence. Commercial Due Diligence: Checklist 7.1 - Commercial due diligence (CDD) checklist for initial management meeting; Checklist 7.1.1 - Assessing the target's market strategy; Checklist 7.2 - A full CDD exercise; Checklist 7.2.1 - Determining key purchase criteria (KPCs); Checklist 7.2.2 - Five forces; Checklist 7.2.3 - Resources and capabilities. Human Resources Due Diligence: Checklist 8 - Human resources due diligence. Management Due Diligence: Checklist 9.1 - Management due diligence; Checklist 9.2 - Management competencies; Checklist 9.3 - Competency-based interviewing. Pensions Due Diligence: Checklist 10 - Pensions due diligence. Taxation Due Diligence: Checklist 11 - Taxation due diligence. Environmental Due Diligence: Checklist 12 - Environmental due diligence. IT Due Diligence: Checklist 13 - IT due diligence. Technical Due Diligence: Checklist 14 -Technical Due Diligence. Intellectual Property Due Diligence: Checklist 15 - Intellectual property due diligence. Antitrust Due Diligence: Checklist 16.1 - Merger control filing requirements; Checklist 16.2 - Antitrust risks posed by the target's activities. Insurance and Risk Management Due Diligence: Checklist 17 - Insurance and risk management due diligence....

List of contents

Contents: Introduction: Checklist 1 - Buyer pre-due diligence; Checklist 2 - Selecting (and working with) advisers; Checklist 3 - Briefing advisers; Checklist 4 - Information to be requested from the target. Financial Due Diligence: Checklist 5 - Financial due diligence. Legal Due Diligence: Checklist 6 - Legal due diligence. Commercial Due Diligence: Checklist 7.1 - Commercial due diligence (CDD) checklist for initial management meeting; Checklist 7.1.1 - Assessing the target's market strategy; Checklist 7.2 - A full CDD exercise; Checklist 7.2.1 - Determining key purchase criteria (KPCs); Checklist 7.2.2 - Five forces; Checklist 7.2.3 - Resources and capabilities. Human Resources Due Diligence: Checklist 8 - Human resources due diligence. Management Due Diligence: Checklist 9.1 - Management due diligence; Checklist 9.2 - Management competencies; Checklist 9.3 - Competency-based interviewing. Pensions Due Diligence: Checklist 10 - Pensions due diligence. Taxation Due Diligence: Checklist 11 - Taxation due diligence. Environmental Due Diligence: Checklist 12 - Environmental due diligence. IT Due Diligence: Checklist 13 - IT due diligence. Technical Due Diligence: Checklist 14 -Technical Due Diligence. Intellectual Property Due Diligence: Checklist 15 - Intellectual property due diligence. Antitrust Due Diligence: Checklist 16.1 - Merger control filing requirements; Checklist 16.2 - Antitrust risks posed by the target's activities. Insurance and Risk Management Due Diligence: Checklist 17 - Insurance and risk management due diligence.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Howson, Howson Peter, Peter Howsqn
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2008
• EAN: 9780566088629
• ISBN: 978-0-566-08862-9
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 245 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Mergers & Acquisitions, Takeovers, mergers and buy-outs, Takeovers, mergers & buy-outs