Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

<p>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? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the priorities for change to recoup the premium you have paid for it? </p><p>The answer to all these questions, and many more, lies within a series of three comprehensive yet concise volumes by Peter Howson.</p><p><em>The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence</em>, the first in the series, is a must for anyone who needs to master the essentials of due diligence with the minimum effort and in the minimum amount of time. Straightforward and unbiased, it sets out the fundamentals of pre-acquisition investigations, showing which are appropriate and why.</p> <p>List of illustrations</p><p>Chapter 1: Introduction</p><p>Chapter 2: Getting started</p><p>Chapter 3: Working with advisers</p><p>Chapter 4: Financial due diligence</p><p>Chapter 5: Legal due diligence</p><p>Chapter 6: Commercial due diligence</p><p>Chapter 7: Human Resources due diligence</p><p>Chapter 8: Management due diligence</p><p>Chapter 9: Pensions due diligence</p><p>Chapter 10: Tax due diligence</p><p>Chapter 11: Environmental due diligence</p><p>Chapter 12: IT due diligence</p><p>Chapter 13: Technology due diligence</p><p>Chapter 14: Intellectual property due diligence</p><p>Chapter 15: Anti-trust due diligence</p>