Post-Acquisition Integration Processes In Turkey

Either a minority share or majority share acquisition is planned, due diligence is a market practice whereby acquirers' or its team hires legal/tax/technical consultants in order for the acquirer to negotiate on share price and to protect itself on any matters as to the operation of the company or its implications. Legal team, for instance, goes through all corporate documents of the company and comes up with a legal due diligence report. Although red-flag due diligence can be planned, it requires the team quite a good time to finalize the due diligence report. These due diligence reports may mostly determine the terms of the share purchase agreements and give room for lawyers to negotiate the terms. Although such a post-acquisition process should be determined with experienced lawyers, there are some basics as to post acquisition integration processes. The first five important processes have been summarized below.