An integrated set of diligence services
Accounting & financial due diligence identifies the true earnings and balance sheet quality of public and private investment and acquisition targets. The next decade is projected to see a generational transfer of ownership of Boomer businesses. Sellers are incentivised to present their businesses in a favourable manner. We help ensure the credibility of financial information and that transactions are completed at fair prices with adequate risk disclosure.
Corporate governance due diligence formulates and tests shareholder engagement hypotheses related to structural governance weaknesses, conflicts of interests, misalignment with shareholder interest and features of managerial and board entrenchment. Index investing, stakeholder mandates and regulatory changes have widened managerial discretion. We help restore oversight, accountability and competitiveness.
Strategy & communications due diligence identifies inconsistencies, opportunism, misalignment of priorities in strategic corporate communications such as CEO letters to shareholders, management and board reports, equity stories or press releases. During the stakeholder hype and backlash, firms have generously issued illusory promises and disguised conflicts in vague and generic language. We help restore credibility.
With a clear geographic and service focus
ttesdorff Diligence GmbH is focused solely on acquisition and engagement situations in Germany and Switzerland, where the firm holds accounting, governance and transaction expertise. Our triangular approach—combining finance, governance and communications—and the use of independent research and scientific rigour in argumentation ensure that we deliver substantiated findings.
Prospective clients may be guided through a reference project on a public firm. Schedule an appointment at office@ttesdorff.ch.