Being a potential buyer or investor in a merger, acquisition or investment deal requires exhaustive reviews and scrutinizing tons of documents. This can often be time-consuming particularly when parties are reviewing many documents across a variety of different areas of due diligence like financial, human capital assets, intellectual property and tax. To avoid confusion and lessen the chance of missing important things, it is vital to create a comprehensive list of all the documents that need to be requested during the review process.
A thorough business due diligence checklist can assist an individual to pinpoint important information and make sure that all aspects of the review are addressed. For instance the human capital component of a review would look at the employees and employees, their salaries, and benefits. This could include the breakdown of employees by job title and a comparison of wages to those of similar employees within their industry and region. It will also look into the policy and procedures of the company regarding hiring and firing compensation and incentives for employees, vacation and sick leave as well as any contracts and the severance package.
Many of these due diligence areas will require the input of experts and external consultants. To avoid delays, miscommunications and duplication of work, it is best to establish an expiration date for the review. Using a CRM like DealRoom can aid in this process by providing a single platform for all communications, documents, and tasks to be tracked.
