In any merger or acquisition, the due diligence stage is one of the most critical steps. It allows the acquiring company to identify dealbreakers, assess risks, make informed decisions, negotiate ...

In the first article in our series discussing home health M&A transactions, we discussed the various structures that may be used to combine home health agencies (HHAs) with each other or with other ...

An outline for the buyer’s counsel of questions to ask and issues to consider when conducting corporate due diligence in private mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving a midstream business focused ...

Investment activity is down now, but it’s likely to pick up in 2023. And when investments ramp up, so does M&A. Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn?

The stage of acquisition known as due diligence is the deep-dive part of the process: a scrupulous reality check that takes place between the buyer’s submission of a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire ...

This piece details the questions that should be asked to uncover compliance concerns and the red flags that should give a private equity investor in health care pause. If private equity moves too ...

Most advisors vehemently dislike conducting the due diligence necessary when considering a move. And while it may be a necessary evil, it’s a process that gets your business where you want it to be.

As innovation cycles accelerate and technology convergence increases, intellectual property has become a powerful driver of major corporate acquisitions. For companies engaging in mergers, ...

When you buy a bond, you're loaning money to the bond's issuer -- which could be a corporation, a local municipality, a government agency or the federal government -- with the intention of receiving ...

Looking back, 2022 was quite the year for some investors and not in a good way. Mistakes made in the boom period of the past couple of years led to many write-downs, but the most egregious example of ...

Past performance doesn't predict future results. Investors still try to use past performance to try to predict future results. Forward-looking due diligence is a better approach, in my opinion.

You probably wouldn’t make a major purchase without first reading product reviews, comparing an item to its competitors or assessing its features, performance, pricing and overall value to meet your ...