Conducting Corporate Due Diligence - The Key Issues

Introduction

This live interactive session will cover key practical points for consideration when dealing with corporate due diligence for a private company acquisition. There will be a focus on how to review the documentation provided (including how to factor in elements discovered in completion practicalities).

If you are new to advising on corporate transactions or are involved in assisting on the corporate aspects of due diligence, then this Learn Live session is for you.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

Overview/understanding fundamentals

• Usual stages involved in a private company acquisition
• Due diligence (overview) including purpose, types, process
• Team briefing

Company search

• Who and what to search (and when)
• Carrying out a company search and analysing the information available on public register (including identifying areas for further review)
• Analysis of the corporate information provided:
• Memorandum of association
• Articles of association and consequential issues (including completion documentation)
• Shareholder Agreements
• Statutory registers (what should be provided, what to look for and why)
• Minute book (and how to ratify breach of directors’ duties)
• Registered email address
• Registered office address
• Best practice advice for reconstitution of the registers
• Missing share certificates from the sellers (and indemnity for lost share certificate)
• Opportunity to ask questions

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.