Other services

Tax structuring and due diligence

Given the complexity of tax legislation and practice across different taxes and different jurisdictions it is all too easy for purchasers to find themselves with large and unavoidable tax liabilities after a transaction completes.

Our experienced M&A Tax team can help minimise the risk of such unforeseen liabilities and help maximise the value obtained in an acquisition by giving commercially driven advice on:

• Historical liabilities of the target.
• The potential future use of losses and other tax assets within the target.
• Tax liabilities that may be triggered by the transaction.
• How due diligence findings can help drive the structure of a deal.
• The optimal international tax structure for the transaction.

We can help you with:

• Deal concept and soft market testing to create sustainable project structures and gain maximum market interest.
• Business case development, including providing advice on feasibility studies and value-for-money analysis.
• Strategic input into the procurement and tendering process to ensure best value.
• Managing the evaluation process, evaluating bidders' proposals as well as post-contract monitoring and management.
• Financial modelling, including development of the model and evaluation of the financial aspects of the infrastructure projects.
• Contract negotiation, including advising on commercial terms, payment mechanisms and output specifications.

Operational due diligence and post merger integration

Merging two distinct businesses, their operations and their cultures can be fraught with challenges. We work with the management teams to evaluate the business operations, define improvements, facilitate change management and reconcile operational improvements with financial performance.  Our post merger integration service helps clients achieve a comprehensive buy-in process, facilitate change management and monitor the progress.

We also provide operational due diligence to help management teams understand how a potential acquisition operates, how its operations will integrate with the existing business and provide recommendations for improvements.

Valuations

Whatever you need an independent valuation for, be it new accounting standards, litigation, commercial or tax purposes, our team of experts can help.

Valuations may be about numbers but the real challenge is bringing together business, legal and technical knowledge to arrive at a valuation that all parties agree is fair. Our team will give you a robust valuation no matter how complex the case or information involved.

Our team includes published authors in the field and we specialise in share valuation in both quoted and private companies, intellectual property, unincorporated businesses, associated liabilities and intangible assets.

Financial systems due diligence

The financial systems of your business, or the business you are acquiring are critical as their output will form a key component in your decision making.  It is essential that you have faith in your financial systems and their output. Furthermore, the systems need to provide the key information you need and do so in an appropriate and timely manner.  We can review your systems and process and provide you specific feedback and recommendations to ensure that you have the necessary information to aid your business' decision making.

Information technology due diligence

A company's IT, platforms and systems can be essential to the business. We can review the systems and help you in understanding the areas where there are weaknesses, upgrade required, key risks and help you develop a way of intergrating your systems with the company you are acquiring.