Ethical Edge leaves no stone unturned in your unbiased third-party due diligence processes if you are considering a potential partnership, investment, merger, or acquisition. Accounting and legal assessments are crucial due diligence components, but proper services encompass more than crunching numbers, reviewing documents, or ticking off boxes. For example, in the case of mergers or acquisitions, whether you are on the buy or sell side, due diligence that considers your strategic pre- and post-combination measures will go significantly further to increase the likelihood of a profitable transaction. We provide thorough and comprehensive due diligence services in a timely and cost-efficient manner, so you can rest assured that you enter commitments fully informed. Most importantly, your results will be presented to you in a manner that enables you to capture the key points immediately and clearly, with full details and information provided in clean, jargon-free reporting with visual elements designed to aid comprehension. Due diligence services include but are not limited to: 

• In-depth competitive market position assessments
• Financial analysis, revenue model, and viability assessments
• Asset verifications and lien checks
• Operational assessments, including physical facility visits
• Internal and external cultural considerations
• Vendor and customer reviewing
• IT and data/document security assessments
• Legal and regulatory compliance
• Employee and labour considerations
• Legal history, contractual obligations, and potential litigation
• Governance and management "deep dives"
• Background checks
• Interviewing
• Fact-checking

Forensic or other specialized expertise is included where required.