Mergers & Acquisitions
Successful participants in the mergers & acquisitions marketplace understand the need to plan appropriately and maintain strong communication among the various professionals and parties involved in a transaction. BDO Consulting provides Mergers & Acquisitions services to clients worldwide on both the buy side and sell side. Whether a transaction requires pre-acquisition or post-acquisition assistance, our professionals are able to handle matters ranging from the largest international deals to smaller transactions that require a national firm with a local presence.
Pre-Transaction Services
Our professionals discover, verify and analyze information to alert clients to potential risks and advise on their mitigation through a comprehensive process of in-depth background checks, interviews and detailed analyses. These services are essential for organizations and investors concerned about the unknown dimensions of a potential acquisition, investment or business relationship. Whether an organization or investor is involved in a merger or acquisition or entering into a significant relationship with a customer or vendor, conducting proactive due diligence on the individuals or entities with which they do business can help expose and mitigate hidden risks. We assist financial institutions, private equity firms, hedge funds, institutional investors, high-net worth individual investors and their legal counsel in identifying and avoiding risks by exposing the concealed elements of prospective transactions and relationships.
Accounting Due Diligence
As a division of a national accounting firm, our professionals have a depth of accounting resources available and are well versed in aspects of accounting related matters. We assist clients by analyzing financial reporting issues, conducting reviews for accounting compliance and conducting collateral audits/confirmations. We are also skilled in performing forensic accounting reviews (e.g., Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, computer forensics). As part of a Firm with a National Tax practice , our professionals can also help clients by performing reviews of federal, state, local and international taxes.
BDO Consulting provides financial and operational due diligence services to assist buyers, investors or lenders in assessing a target organization's business transactions. Our professionals also perform due diligence for lenders on asset-based loans, quality of earnings analyses and cash flow analyses. We investigate events and conditions that may affect an organization and help identify “soft spots” and potential issues that may impact deal negotiations (e.g., deal structure, terms of purchase agreement). We also focus on the early identification of hidden problems that could be "deal breakers" as well as pinpointing underperforming assets or areas where strategic/operational improvement could increase profitability.
Business Person’s Review
Our professionals can also assist clients by reviewing business plan feasibility, capital expenditure requirements and human resource issues, in addition to analyzing operations and assessing information systems. Our professionals also assist clients by advising on cash flow and tax impact, as well as providing financial modeling services.
Post-Transaction Services
Business Integration Services
Whether pre- and/or post-acquisition, BDO Consulting is experienced in assisting clients with business integration services including identifying cost-reduction and profit-improvement opportunities, conducting fraud risk assessments or implementing an effective anti-fraud program. Our professionals help clients with organizational redesigns to eliminate redundant functions, controls and positions, as well as consult on process flow redesign and technology integration.
Post-Acquisition Disputes
BDO Consulting assists clients in resolving post-acquisition disputes by serving as neutral accounting arbitrators, testifying witnesses and consultants. We assist clients in determining purchase price adjustment calculations as well as buyers and sellers in identifying and presenting claims to a trier of fact. Our experienced professionals have also served as arbitrators in post-acquisition disputes in numerous occasions.