{"id":300,"date":"2015-11-15T22:48:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T19:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/?p=300"},"modified":"2016-03-31T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T11:36:51","slug":"due-diligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/due-diligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Due Diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Due Diligence &#8211; What Is It<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The most widely known definition for this notion is the use of reasonable caution and good faith towards something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Due diligence<\/strong> is a set of actions for a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of a company, a business or property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Due Diligence \u2013 What It Is Needed For<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">At a definite stage of doing business, management faces the need to restructure, sell or buy assets. In its turn this requires the evaluation of prospects, conditions and risks relating to the transfer of rights for property (assets). These are the\u00a0tasks that <strong>due diligence<\/strong> resolves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Information acquired during <strong>due diligence<\/strong>, and conclusions made upon it, are the most important grounds for taking investment decisions about purchasing real estate, a company (business), groups of enterprises, about mergers, takeovers, reorganizing and restructuring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">A customer usually sets one of the following tasks for us for <strong>due diligence<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">evaluation how true the declarations of the potential seller about his business, company or property are;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">evaluation of value of a business, a company or property;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">identification of the risks related to prospective purchase of a business, a company or property;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">evaluation of the realizability and profitability of an investment project;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">evaluation of the financial condition of a company (business), identification of its property composition;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">evaluation of the existing risks related to the asset\u2019s ownership.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The results of <strong>due diligence<\/strong> can of course be used for other purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Who Needs Due Diligence<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Investors: both professional and private for substantiation of<em> investment and strategic decisions<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Lending institutions, investment and pension funds for estimating credit and investment risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Due Diligence Areas<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Depending on <strong>due diligence<\/strong> purposes and volumes, the following issues are evaluated:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">legal safety of investments;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">history of purchase or creation of a business, a company or property;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">company operation or business condition during a definite period of time;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">the current condition of legal and financial (accounting) documents;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">financial and tax policy of a company;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">the current and forecasted business profitability;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">legal and financial consequences of buying a company, business or property.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">We use the highest state-of-the-art knowledge and technologies, together with the most qualified and experienced specialists, for <strong>due diligence<\/strong> work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Due Diligence Methods<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>Corporate Lawyer<\/em> has considerable potential for conducting <strong>due diligence<\/strong> of almost any companies or objects. Our specialists have accumulated a unique experience in conducting such research. The highly professional teams of lawyers and financiers individually selected for each project ensure the generality and depth of their work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Due diligence<\/strong> methods include the development and implementation of an optimal set of instruments and tools for acquiring information and documents about an object, their analysis and evaluation. Below are several methods for acquiring the information required for <strong>due diligence<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">requesting and obtaining information and documents from potential seller of a business, a company or property or from other authorized persons;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">requesting and obtaining information from state, municipal and other authorized bodies;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">a site visit and visual examination of property;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">evaluating the market value of a company, a business or property;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">acquiring information from open sources, for example, the Internet or printed mass media.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">If <strong>due diligence<\/strong> is carried out for a future business sale transaction, the natural task for all potential parties is to ensure a constructive dialogue during preliminary negotiations and transaction preparation. We do all we can so that due diligence won\u2019t affect the general climate of relations between the parties. Strict compliance with initial agreements, neutrality in work, and other principles that our specialists stick to, guarantee the maintaining of good working relations between the interested parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Due Diligence Report<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">After carrying out <strong>due diligence<\/strong>, we prepare a <strong>report that includes the identified risks, the list of submitted and analyzed documents and information related to a business, a company or a property, as well as other material information that experts consider to be expedient for the\u00a0set task<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">In some cases a <em>due diligence report<\/em> can include recommendations on ways and possibilities to minimize the identified risks and further legal protection of property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report can be prepared in Russian, English or other languages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"field-label\"><strong>Related links:\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/korporativnoe-pravo\/\">Corporate Law<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/sozdanie-yuridicheskih-lits\/\">Creation of Legal Entities<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/soprovozhdenie-investitsij\/\">Investments Support<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/aktsionernye-obshhestva-zashhita-prav-aktsionerov\/\">Joint-Stock Companies, Protection of Shareholder\u2019s Rights<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/obshhestva-s-ogranichennoj-otvetstvennostyu-ooo\/\">Limited Liability Companies<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/sliyaniya-i-pogloshheniya\/\">Mergers and Acquisitions<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/conferences\/nedvizhimost\/\">Real Estate<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/reorganizatsiya-yuridicheskih-lits\/\">Reorganization of Legal Entities<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field-item odd\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/nalogi\/\">Taxes<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due Diligence &#8211; What Is It The most widely known definition for this notion is the use of reasonable caution and good faith towards something. Due diligence is a set of actions for a comprehensive analysis and evaluation of a company, a business or property. &nbsp; Due Diligence \u2013 What It Is Needed For At [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[54,34],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practice-areas","tag-due-diligence","tag-investitsii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-lawyer.ru\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}