Whether you are a prospective buyer of or investor in a business or a business preparing for sale or investment TBC offers a discrete, fast and inexpensive due diligence service.
We have experience of due diligence both in the UK and internationally and will assist you in instructing your other advisers and your internal team on the scope of the due diligence exercise.
We have access to specialists in every discipline that will be needed during the due diligence process including:
- Property
- Accounts
- Tax
- Insurance coverage and liability
- Bribery legislation
- Clean supply lines, human trafficking and exploitation
- Compliance with immigration legislation and Anti Money Laundering Regulations
The Due Diligence Report will address all aspects including:
- company history
- outline of tangible assets
- intellectual property rights i.e. trademarks, service marks, patents, patent applications
- summary of litigation or threatened litigation, with an accurate description of the stage reached and the potential exposure
- Companies House filings and accounts brought up to date
- property summary
- regulatory issues: local authority trading licences, specialist approvals or licences and if applicable Prudential Regulatory Authority or Financial Conduct Authority licences
- employment matters including summary of senior staff contracts and employees’ terms and conditions
- long term trading agreements
- standard terms of business (both of sale and purchase)
- accounts and tax
- pension fund matters
- data protection procedures and registrations
- staff manual
- IT and disaster recovery plans
- competition summary
