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Buy-side Due Diligence Services
We provide peace of mind to our clients through our due diligence services.
Minimize the risk by validating the deal assumptions
Our transaction services specialists support clients through the acquisition process by validating the key financial, commercial, operational and strategic assumptions through due diligence. We work in small, dedicated teams with high partner and manager involvement. This ensures a short decision-making path and a process which is targeted and efficient.
We have broad experience from a wide range of transactions, and through close Nordic co-operation in RSM, we work seamlessly on cross-border transactions. We advise regularly on international transactions with foreign buyers of Norwegian and Nordic companies.
Together with our tax and corporate lawyers, we can also assist with restructuring and tax advisory services after a completed transaction.
Our focus is on small and medium-sized transaction, typically with enterprise values up to NOK 3 billion.
We assist at all stages
A structured and robust financial due diligence is critical to ensure a successful acquisition process. We assist our clients in validating the deal assumptions that have been used as a basis for the enterprise value principally through an assessment of the target company’s underlying profitability, working capital profile and debt structure. We provide deal comfort for our clients and provide clear recommendations for the final negotiations.
We aggregate and analyse large amounts of data using advanced analytical programmes (including Alteryx) in order to increase the understanding of the target company’s historical performance and assumptions for future value creation. We prepare reports with a focus on the individual client and sector’s most relevant KPIs in order to maximise the value of our work.
Through our broad experience in financial due diligence of commercial property, we have developed a strong understanding of the value drivers in the industry and are therefore able to focus our review of topics relevant to commercial property. We assist our customers in validating and supporting the rent levels used in the pricing, whilst at the same time giving the buyer a better understanding of what the net rent is and making specific recommendations related to elements in the company’s accounts or tax-related treatment that should have a direct impact on the purchase price. We also assist with a review of estimated and final purchase price calculations in addition to reviewing financial clauses in the SPA.
In an M&A transaction, the buyer may unknowingly inherit negative exposures. Our tax lawyers assist our clients with identifying and then minimizing tax related risks linked to the target company’s historical tax management, as well as ensuring that historical errors and risks are correctly handled in the purchase price mechanism.
Our tax lawyers dive into the company’s overall tax profile and tax position, looking not only for negative exposures, but also for synergies and benefits that you may inherit as well – as well as how to handle this according to best practice going forward.
