Due diligence : the critical stage in mergers and acquisitions / Peter Howson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howson, Peter, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consolidation and merger of corporations--Great Britain--Management.

Consolidation and merger of corporations.

Consolidation and merger of corporations--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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? The answer to all these questions, and many more, lies with effective due diligence. Due diligence is one of the most important but least well understood aspects of the acquisition process. It is not, as many believe, a chore to be left to the accountants and lawyers. To get the best from it, due diligence has to be properly planned and professionally managed. This book is a comprehensive manual on getting due diligence right. It is a uniquely comprehensive guide, covering all aspects of the process from financial, legal and commercial due diligence right through to environmental and intellectual property due diligence. There are also useful chapters on working with advisers and managing due diligence projects. It also includes a number of checklists to help ensure that the right questions are asked.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of tables

List of figures

Preface

1 Introduction

2 How to structure a due diligence programme

3 Working with advisers

4 Financial due diligence

5 Legal due diligence

6 Commercial due diligence

7 Human Resources due diligence

8 Management due diligence

9 Pensions due diligence

10 Tax due diligence

11 Environmental due diligence

12 IT &amp

production technology due diligence

13 Technology due diligence

14 Intellectual property due diligence

15 Antitrust due diligence

16 Insurance and risk management due diligence

Appendix A

A1 Purchaser pre-deal due diligence checklists

A2 Information to be requested from the target

A3 Briefing checklist

A4 Financial due diligence checklist

A5 Legal due diligence checklist

A6 Commercial due diligence checklist

A7 Human Resources due diligence checklist

A8 Management due diligence checklist

A9 Pensions due diligence checklist

A10 Taxation due diligence checklist

A11 Environmental due diligence checklist

A12 IT due diligence checklist

A13 Technical due diligence checklist

A14 Intellectual property checklist

Appendix B

B1 Financial due diligence-an example of breaking down the numbers

B2 Human Resources legislation

B3 Commonly sought management competencies

B4 Myers-Briggs Type Indicators®

B5 UK Sources for environmental due diligence

B6 Intellectual property rights

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-280) and index.

ISBN:

1-315-57825-5

0-566-08978-5

9781315578255

OCLC:

55663792