“Due diligence” is a process of acquiring objective and reliable information, generally on a person or a company, prior to a specific event or decision. It is usually a structured, systematic research effort, which is used to gather the critical facts and descriptive information (or to determine an absence of significant negative factors) which are most relevant to the making of an informed decision on a matter of importance.

One growing usage of due diligence services is for assessing risks and checking facts associated with private stock subscription offerings available to qualified investors under Private Placement Memorandums, and similar investment opportunities.

In order to effectively perform due diligence, one must have an understand-ing of what really matters with respect to the decision at hand. Often, this requires an understanding of competitive industry landscapes, the customer market place, operations, financial aspects, business development, strategy, and business analysis. Without this kind of experience and understanding, it is difficult to go beyond the standard check lists, and to truly know what may be significant, what the significant risks specific to this situation may be, what to look for, what to ask, and whom to question.

Due diligence is often associated with corporate acquisitions. Indeed, it is not only an essential step in any significant business acquisition, it can sometimes be the most important step.

Due diligence can also be useful, in a similar manner, in the overall assess-ment of a contemplated business deal (which, of course, can be significant even if it doesn’t involve an actual acquisition).

Likewise, due diligence is sometimes very appropriate in terms of learning more about a particular company. For example, a prospective board member or senior executive will want to know quite a bit about a company that has just extended an offer of a board seat or an executive position. This informa-tion needs to be comprehensive in covering critical factors, as well as objec-tive, so one does not want to rely entirely on that which is provided by the company itself. Our due diligence services in India may be comprehensive, or they may supplement other due diligence efforts, or they may be an intentionally lim-ited, narrow-focus probe. We optimize the effort to fit within the time and budget requirements of the client, and can jointly map-out with the client the areas of concern and risk. We can provide short-notice, fast-turnaround due diligence reports where needed.

We undertake legal due diligence for various purposes such as Private Equity, Venture Capital Funding, Public Offerings, Mergers & Acquisitions etc.,