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Due Diligence Services- Detect Early Risks & Make Informed Decisions

Get due diligence services for M&A transactions, private equity investments, IPO preparation, and lender credit appraisals. This process helps instill confidence and credibility, giving the go-ahead to proceed with the IPO.

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Get Due Diligence Services to Uncover Hidden Challenges with Big Decisions

Every major transaction related to a merger, acquisition, or partnership presents hidden challenges that go undetected during due diligence. An IPO is never just a financial exercise; it requires rigorous compliance and stakeholder management that directly impact a company’s reputation and future in the capital markets. Get due diligence support to ensure efficient collaboration among multiple stakeholders across different time zones.

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Average contingent liability identified as per complex due diligence engagements.

What is Due Diligence & Its Importance?

The process of due diligence is mandatory for reviewing the business practices and financial stability of the companies. This activity further helps conduct a thorough examination and validation of all aspects of the M&A acquisition, PE investment, IPO listing, or lending decision. It not only helps in reviewing pending litigation, financial stability, and the ageing of debtors and creditors, but also helps in conducting more extensive due diligence to provide accurate and transparent information to potential investors.

In India, preparing a due diligence report involves various complexities arising from companies’ informal practices that create undisclosed liabilities, as well as GST, income tax, and customs disputes. Above all, we provide services in sync with our personalized due diligence expertise across corporate governance, statutory compliance, contracts, financial reporting, and risk management.

Vendor Due Diligence for IPO: The companies preparing SEBI DRHP reports often uncover gaps in compliance, financial reporting, or legal disclosures that have not been previously identified. Our IPO services include reviewing commissions by the company itself and conducting vendor due diligence for around 6 to 12 months prior to IPO filing.

Common Issues Faced While Conducting Due Diligence

  • Tax Exposures: Discover hidden IT assessment orders, GST disputes, transfer pricing issues, or tax liabilities reflected in the financial statement.
  • RPT Issues: Disclose hidden or unreported related party transaction issues related to directors, key personnel, relatives, or entities they control in the financial statements.
  • IP Issues: Address unclear IP ownership, incomplete chain of title, IP-related contractual obligations, open-source software compliance, and lapsed IP.
  • Multi-Party Coordination: Find a solution for any difficulty in obtaining data when operations span multiple subsidiaries or layers of manpower agencies.
  • Risky Version Management: Target identifying & securing risky versions of financial ledger, valuation, or outdated contracts in an authorized data room (VDR).
  • Regulatory Non-Compliance: Eliminate lapses in industry-specific regulations, data privacy laws, environmental regulations, and labour law.
Scope of Due Diligence & Timeline
Financial Due Diligence3 to 4 Weeks
Legal Due Diligence3 to 5 Weeks
Tax Due Diligence2 to 3 Weeks
Commercial Due Diligence2 to 4 Weeks
Integrated Due Diligence 4 to 5 Weeks
Express Due Diligence 2 to 3 Weeks
VDR SetupIncluded
DeliverableDue Diligence Report and Q&A Log
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What are the Types of Due Diligence Services?

The multi-stream due diligence services ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and risk mitigation for stakeholders.

Financial Due Diligence

It is conducted to ensure the accuracy of a company’s financial records, accounts, business forecasts, revenue sources, cash flows, liabilities, and inventory schedules.

  • Revenue & Expense Analysis
  • Debt & Debt-Item Analysis
  • Cash Flow Analysis
  • Working Capital Normalization

Tax Due Diligence

This process helps identify income tax, customs, transfer pricing, open assessments, pending appeals, GSTIN compliance gaps, and undisclosed tax liabilities.

  • Income Tax Assessment
  • Transfer Pricing Exposure
  • GST Compliance Gap Analysis
  • Taxation & Compliance Obligations

Legal Due Diligence

This process ensures compliance by highlighting any pending litigation, breached contracts, IP ownership, litigation status, and employment agreements.

  • Loan & Bank Agreement Support
  • Board Meeting & Material Contract Review
  • Litigation & Legal Dispute Analysis
  • IP & Regulatory License Support

IPO/ Vendor Due Diligence

This due diligence process, commissioned by the target company, helps identify and remediate issues before SEBI DRHP filing, investor due diligence, or investment banker due diligence.

  • SEBI/ DRHP Pre-Clearance Due Diligence
  • Pre-IPO Risk Identification
  • Investment Banker Coordination
  • Redemption Roadmap

Commercial Due Diligence

This process is employed to validate the business model, market size, competitive positioning, revenue concentration, and corporate governance standards needed to maintain investor confidence.

  • Customer & Client Contract Support
  • Market Analysis & Industry Trend Compliance
  • Product & Service Portfolio Examination
  • Revenue Model Assessment

Operational/ IT Due Diligence

This type of due diligence helps assess the company’s operating model, identifying gaps and opportunities that require development or investment. It also verifies whether the operational expenditure is disclosed in the financial statements.

  • Verifies Administrative Expenditure
  • Addresses Internal Processes
  • Supply Chain Evaluation
  • Ensures Health & Safety Compliance
Our Process

Our Due Diligence Process from Scoping to Reporting

Have a look at the structured due diligence process starting from scoping to reporting takes around 3 to 6 weeks, starting from scoping to reporting.

01

Scoping & Planning

This step requires defining the objectives, scope, and key areas of focus based on the transaction size and industry.

Day 1–3
02

Data Collection & Analysis

It is further necessary to collect and analyse financial data, including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement.

Week 1–2
03

Investigation of Financial Issues

Ensure investigation of financial issues related to debt obligations. contingent liabilities, and credit risks of the business.

Week 2–4
04

Risk Assessment & Quantification

This step necessarily assesses and further classifies risks by materiality and, where possible, quantifies their financial impact. possible.

Week 4–5
05

Report Delivery & Walkthrough

The comprehensive due diligence report, including an executive summary, key findings, risk matrix, and stream-by-stream details, must be delivered.

Week 5–6

Informed Decision Making

It is necessary to use findings for making informed decisions, choices derived from the due diligence process.

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Benefits

How will our Due Diligence Services Protect Your Investment?

Risk Mitigation

Our due diligence process allows entities to proactively mitigate risks like hidden financial liabilities or financial discrepancies.

Valuation Validation

The due diligence process helps companies validate the inflated company’s EBITDA and analyze the quality of earnings to provide a realistic picture of profitability.

Regulatory Compliance

Our due diligence process ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, thereby reducing the risk of penalties or delays in the IPO process.

Builds Investor Confidence

Employing our due diligence process helps establish investor trust and confidence, thereby enabling them to make informed decisions.

Financial Stability Review

Conducting due diligence helps review sales, receivables, creditors’ positions, projections, and any other statutory compliances mandatory to maintain long-term financial stability.

Maintains Transparency

Get support with our due diligence process to help maintain transparency and avoid future litigation or claims of misrepresentation.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions on Due Diligence

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The typical scope of financial due diligence includes historical analysis of a target company’s financial statements, thereby focusing on the quality of earnings, working capital, cash flow sustainability, and net debt.

The different types of IPO due diligence that help assess a company’s records, operations, and legal status before going public include financial, legal, operational, commercial, tax, vendor, and IT due diligence.

The merchant bankers or lead managers who ensure the accuracy of the DRHP are held responsible for conducting IPO due diligence in India.

The process of due diligence benefits companies by identifying and mitigating risks, verifying their financial health, ensuring regulatory compliance, reviewing financial stability, and maintaining transparency before finalizing transactions.

Vendor due diligence, commonly known as IPO due diligence, refers to the process of analyzing the potential risks associated with the information about the third-party vendor. This process further involves reviewing the financial health, compliance status, operational capabilities, and cybersecurity practices.

Conducting M&A due diligence typically takes around 4 to 12 weeks, varying based on the complexity of transactions.

The most common deal-breaker findings in Indian M&A due diligence start from hidden liabilities, regulatory non-compliance, and gaps in corporate governance. In India’s complex regulatory and legal-financial environment, red flags such as undisclosed tax demands, pending litigation, and unclear land titles are frequently cited as deal killers.

Yes, we manage a virtual data room (VDR) as part of the due diligence process, which involves uploading, organizing, restricting access to sensitive documents, and streamlining collaboration among buyers, sellers, and advisors.
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Multi-Stream Integration

Connect us to ensure multi-stream integration into a single report with a unified risk matrix, rather than separate stream-specific reports that leave the client to connect the dots.

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Deal Team Advisory

Get connected with our expert deal advisory team, ever ready to translate due diligence findings into specific deal-term recommendations.

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500+ Due Diligence Engagements

Get support for 500+ due diligence engagements across M&A, PE investment, IPO preparation, and lender due diligence.

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M&A Integration

We ensure compliance with deal structuring, SPA drafting, valuation adjustments, and post-merger integration planning for M&A and IPO support.

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We guarantee higher client satisfaction, with a 4.8/5 rating for both buy-side and sell-side clients.

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