Corporate Due Diligence

5Si utilizes a best-of-breed methodology with respect to its corporate due diligence that includes but is not limited to a review of:

  • Corporate history and organization
  • Corporate books and records
  • Operations
  • Financial information: assets, liabilities, equity, profitability, cash flow
  • Financing
  • Tax matters
  • Insurance
  • Employee information, records and benefits
  • Management information, records and benefits
  • Policies and procedures, internal controls
  • Agreements and other arrangements
  • Employee information, records and benefits
  • Legal issues, litigation, red flag events
  • Real property
  • Personal property
  • Intellectual propriety rights
  • Regulatory oversight and filings, licenses and permits, compliance
  • Plant and equipment
  • Inventory
  • Products and/or services, brands, warranties
  • Market information
  • Customer information
  • Supplier information
  • Competitor information
  • Sales and marketing
  • Environmental issues
  • Information technology
  • Disaster recovery and contingency planning
  • Environmental issues
  • Third party resources: lawyers, accountants, auditors, consultants

The review includes not just a cost benefit analysis, but also a risk based assessment.