Helping you to understand and validate your assumptions when making an acquisition

The success of an acquisition can be significantly influenced by the extent and quality of the financial due diligence undertaken.

Our services

Financial due diligence is a key aspect of the overall investigation required when making an acquisition and our Southampton team has experience in providing the following:

  • Tax and financial due diligence for banks and private equity houses.
  • Tax and due diligence in the course of a corporate acquisition, where we report to the acquirer and their funders.
  • Transaction structuring. Following our work we assist with the refining of the deal structures, with particular consideration of the taxation and accounting positions.
  • Pre-lending reports for funders. We can perform a limited scope review to assess the key risk areas identified by a potential funder to better inform a credit process.

Our approach

  • We deliver imaginative yet pragmatic advice and solutions.
  • We provide a particularly high level of director involvement.
  • We take time to get to know our clients.
  • We aim to understand your objectives and tailor our service to your needs.
  • We provide high quality people often with relevant sector knowledge.
  • We offer genuine workable solutions.

Who we are

Smith & Williamson, ranked the ninth largest UK accountancy firm by Accountancy magazine (January 2011), provide audit, taxation, corporate finance and insolvency advice to mid-large corporates, private clients, professional practices and nonprofit organisations. The Southampton office works with a significant number of both domestic and international clients.

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