Due Diligence in IT-related transactions
Charteris works extensively with private equity, venture capital and corporate clients to carry out due diligence on technology companies. This provides our clients with an independent assessment of opportunity and risk and also keeps us on top of innovations in the markets.
Our clients include many key players such as ABN AMRO Private Equity, Alchemy Partners, Clarendon Fund Managers, Crédit Agricole, CSFB, Granville Baird Capital Partners, Macquarie Bank, Northern Venture Managers, Scottish Equity Partners and Yorkshire Fund Managers. We have also acted for a number of corporate clients considering acquisitions, who were concerned to discover any potential obstacles to the deal in the IT arrangements of the business under consideration.
We can rapidly deploy small expert teams to carry out commercial and technical due diligence for start-up, early-stage and growth-stage companies and in support of acquisitions, mergers, restructures and disposals. We have carried out assignments in the UK and overseas for investment opportunities in sectors including mobile telecommunications, retail, media, software, e-commerce, e-business and financial services.
We have built a reputation for producing focused reports in short order, specifically addressing clients' investment criteria, covering topics as diverse as risks, negotiation strategy, management capability, competitive and market positioning, uniqueness and defensibility of technology, customer perspectives, business and financial plans, and product development process. Our advice and commentary is of lasting value to the investors and the management team.
To learn more about what we can do for you in this area please call Allan Barr, Head of our Financial Services Practice, on 020 7600 9199 (UK head office) or Roger Woods, Head of our Scotland and Northern England Practice, on 0131 477 7741 (Edinburgh office).