What’s covered:

  • Headline diligence areas
  • Profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow due diligence checklists and analytical methodologies
  • Asking great questions
  • Time periods
  • Underlying earnings
  • Quality of earnings
  • How exceptional items enter the balance sheet
  • Treatment of working capital adjustments (cash, debt or other)
  • Working capital and net debt analysis
  • Common mistakes
  • Vendor due diligence versus vendor assistance
  • Presenting analysis optimally