Insight That Drives Value
In today’s fast-paced transaction landscape, understanding every aspect of a deal is critical. The Ark’s Transaction Due Diligence Services provide thorough analysis and actionable insights you need to make confident decisions. Whether buy-side, sell-side, or tax due diligence, our team delivers custom-tailored solutions that reveal opportunities, address challenges, and drive successful outcomes for your business.
Due Diligence Solutions
Our approach adapts to the commercial context, deal strategy, and due diligence requirements of each investor class.
We support clients across the full M&A lifecycle:
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Buy-Side & Sell-Side Due Diligence
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Pre-deal Financial & Tax Structuring
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Vendor Assistance & Exit Preparation
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SPA/APA Commercial Input & Financial Modelling
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Working Capital Adjustment Mechanism
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Post-Merger Integration Planning
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Divestment Support & Exit Optimisation
We provide investors, private equity funds, and strategic buyers with a comprehensive understanding of target businesses by identifying financial risks, working capital dynamics, tax exposures, and normalisation adjustments.
Our buy-side transaction advisory ensures informed decision-making and effective integration.Includes:
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Quality of earnings analysis to assess sustainability of cash flows
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Net debt and normalised working capital reviews
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Tax position, liabilities, and deal structuring considerations
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Historical trends, margin sustainability, and key business drivers
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Synergy identification and post-merger integration support
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Take control of the transaction narrative, preserve deal value, and expedite the sale process.
We help business owners, family enterprises, and corporates prepare for divestment or exit, ensuring financials are robust and aligned with buyer expectations.
Our sell-side due diligence services improve investor readiness and reduce disruption during buyer reviews.
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Financial clean-up and documentation preparation
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Vendor due diligence reporting (red flag or full scope)
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KPI benchmarking and management commentary drafting
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SPA/APA support and financial mechanism calibration
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Data room preparation and Q&A management with potential buyers
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Our transaction business analysis reviews your business model, value drivers, and operational dependencies to uncover risks, validate growth assumptions, and strengthen transaction narratives.
This helps sharpen positioning for capital raising, M&A, or strategic partnerships, giving investors clarity and confidence.
FAQ
Engaging early, preferably 3–6 months before deal execution, helps ensure optimal structuring, risk mitigation, and alignment of financial narratives with investor expectations.
In addition to traditional VDD, we provide hands-on support in financial clean-up, buyer communications, and documentation strategy, ensuring your team is fully investor-ready.
We support both. Our approach adapts to the commercial context, deal strategy, and due diligence requirements of each investor class.
We support both. For startups and early-stage ventures, we provide investor-readiness diagnostics, data room curation, valuation narratives, and term sheet negotiations tailored to either institutional investors(VC) or strategic investor pathways.
We work with founders, next-gen leaders, and family offices to design succession-aligned transaction structures, whether it’s a partial exit, trust-based transfer, or strategic recapitalisation, ensuring governance, tax efficiency, and wealth preservation.