Sell-side / Vendor due diligence

Overview

Our sell-side/ vendor due diligence services deliver strategic advantages that significantly enhance an organisation’s selling process and outcomes. By proactively preparing for sale, we streamline the entire transaction, strengthen the organisation’s negotiating position, and help advisors pinpoint where value lies in business and how it can be extracted and developed. 

We identify regulatory and compliance issues before buyers are approached, preventing bottlenecks and mitigating risks of deal failure by uncovering potential concerns in advance. This proactive approach reduces disruption to the organisation’s daily operations, as any subsequent buyer-led financial due diligence becomes less time-consuming and intrusive.

How BDO India Can Help

Our sell-side due diligence services provide a comprehensive analysis of your company's historical financial performance, operational KPIs, tax compliance, and potential litigations. This includes a number of key components.

• Analysing the company's historical financial performance as part of our vendor due diligence process, including an analysis of underlying documents
• Analysing industry-focused key value drivers and sustainability of cash flows through comprehensive vendor due diligence
• Reviewing systems, processes and accounting environment required from an investment perspective 
• Assessing the quality of earnings, working capital components and significant debt-like items as key elements of vendor due diligence
• Tax compliance and litigation review conducted as part of vendor due diligence
• Leading discussions based on the vendor due diligence (VDD) report with potential investors and their advisors