When considering a merger or acquisition transaction, many questions come to mind:
- Does the business have the cash flow to support my deal?
- Will the business model work and will it be sustainable?
- How accurate are the numbers and assumptions being provided to me?
Throughout the lifecycle of a transaction, private equity firms, hedge funds, and corporations need timely advice and insight to help maximize value, mitigate risk, and make informed investment decisions. Weiser’s involvement from the inception of a transaction enables our professionals to develop a customized, industry specific, and objective approach that strives to ensure your goals are met.
Our mergers and acquisitions services include:
Financial due diligence
- Assist in the development of initial letter of intent
- Advise as to the quality or assist in preparation of the due diligence data request
- Assessment of the target’s quality of earnings
- Adherence to GAAP, including revenue and expense recognition issues
- Normalizing and pro forma adjustments
- Management estimates
- Assessment of management’s forecast
- Analysis of cash flows (historical and prospective)
- Identifying post-deal working capital requirements
- Working capital analysis
- Providing guidance with respect to working capital targets
- Analysis of final balance sheet and performance of working capital true-up
Tax due diligence
- Analyzing income, sales, use, and payroll tax returns, including tax audits for deal-related risks
- Assistance in developing a tax efficient deal structure
Additional services include:
- Assist in development of financial and cash flow models
- Assist in finding appropriate debt or equity financing through our longstanding relationships with the financial community
- Assist in negotiation of the transaction
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