Diligence: Early Involvement Pays

Coordinating cross-border due diligence is a key skill that more often than not underpins complex, multi-jurisdictional merger and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE)-led transactions.  

Where due diligence really adds value is in the early stages of the transaction, when local knowledge and expertise are vital to understanding the context of data room information.

As market-leading advisers, we are ideally placed to offer our practical market knowledge and experience on Scottish assets or issues early in the transaction.

We highlight below a few recent examples to demonstrate the benefit of involving Scots Counsel early in the transaction process.

1. Scotch whisky is a world renowned brand and whisky assets are seen as trophy investments, particularly for Asian and US buyers. In a recent auction sale, on which we acted on the buy side, we quickly identified three key issues for our Asian client and their US-based advisers, all of which were potential