Due Diligence and Transaction Support

Mazars Transaction Services offer vendors, purchasers and financiers all the necessary skills and expertise to serve every aspect of their transactions.

Combining financial expertise with commercial acumen, our multi-disciplinary teams target business drivers, balance sheet pillars, key management, key relationships and taxation to provide insight which is critical for transaction decisions.

Be it buy-side or sell-side, our due diligence professionals are equipped with in-depth knowledge and experience that enable business-oriented analysis of all sizes of targets in different market sectors and geographies.

What does due diligence mean at Mazars


Not A Commodity	Specific Project	Skilled Professionals	Dedicated experience	Cross Border	Independent
At Mazars, we believe that due diligence should not be treated as a commodity.	Each due diligence project is planned to ensure all key aspects (valuation, drivers, risk areas etc.) are well-thought-out.	Mazars’ Partners tackle each project with a “hands-on” approach, ensuring that our clients can expect high level of expertise throughout the project.	Our team of dedicated professionals possess the skills to uncover the unexpected and pick up issues with ease to share them with other advisors and in-house project teams.	Mazars’ unique cross-border integrated partnership and strong inter-personal relationships is one of the key factors which will provide successful project coordination.	To avoid potential independence issues, it would be unusual for Mazars to take on both the advisory role and provide due diligence services. We also perform global conflict checks for all assignments.

Buy-side Due Diligence

Acquisition Due Diligence

Your Focus

Identify the characteristics of the target and evaluate past and future performance
Identify and understand the factors that could make or break the transaction
Secure the financial elements to be used in determining the purchase price

Our Solutions

Identifying/analysing the key elements affecting the acquisition price
Determine normalised profits, working capital, and net debt
Comprehensively identifying risks for which warranties are required
Determining the optimal acquisition structure from a financial and tax standpoint
Carrying out a post-acquisition audit & preparing the opening balance sheet
Evaluate the target’s quality of earnings
Assisting with the drafting of the mechanisms of price adjusting clauses
Understanding the underlying performance of the target

Sell-side Due Diligence

	Sell-Side-Support	Fact Book	Vendor Due Diligence

	Flexible	Flexible	Full
Scope's breadth	Flexible	Flexible	Limited flexibility
Mazars' branding	No	No	Yes
Meeting with bidders	Yes, but only in the context of the basis of preparation	Yes, but only factual based messages will be communicated	Yes, our contribution includes Mazars' point of view
Deliverable	Limited deliverable typically includes Data set / Transaction Model	Report	Report
Level of details & work	Limited	High	Extensive

Vendor Due Diligence