Services

Due Diligence & Post-Transaction Support

With its unique combination of accounting/audit, forensic and business advisory capabilities, DLA is positioned to provide you with the peace of mind that you are purchasing/acquiring or merging with the company/business you are really intending to partner with.  DLA can help clients prepare for a potential merger, perform the necessary financial and operational due diligence on merger/acquisition candidates and ensure that acquisitions/mergers are fully assimilated through our post integration services.

Our Merger Preparation services:

  • Help companies by developing firm profiles, identifying strengths and weaknesses
  • Identify key performance indicators to be used to evaluate perspective merger and acquisition candidates
  • Assist clients to find a partner that would best complement their strengths and weaknesses
  • Propose changes in the firm/funds criteria as market conditions change

DLA's Due Diligence services include:

  • Management assessment
  • Analysis of accounting function
  • Quality of Earnings
  • Historical operating performance
  • Contribution margin analysis
  • Business seasonality
  • Accounts receivable analysis
  • Inventory analysis
  • Assessment of working capital
  • Fixed Assets and CapEx analysis
  • Audit work paper review
  • Assessment of transaction 
  • Income tax analysis
  • Debt maturity analysis
  • Operating segment profitability
  • Customer revenue analysis and concentration
  • Information Technology review
  • Policies, processes and procedures, including controls, technology and human capital
  • Operational Due Diligence
  • Transactional modeling

DLA's Post-transaction integration services include:

  • Development of integration plan and project management
  • Financial management and reporting system assessment, re-design and implementation
  • Policy, procedure and system assessment, re-design and implementation
  • Organizational assessment, re-design and implementation including leadership, organization structure, governance, reporting lines, and staffing
  • Organizational realignment including business and related infrastructure rationalization
  • Strategic cost management
  • Forensic accounting services
  • Accounting advisory services
  • System requirements definition, selection and implementation project management