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Buy-Side Due Diligence

Navigate Your Transaction with Confidence

You’re ready to scale and have found a deal that looks right. Now you need to make sure that the assumptions behind the transaction are true.

With Centri’s buy-side due diligence advisory, you can have peace of mind. We handle the acquisition due diligence to examine financial, operational, and market assumptions being presented and validate them, so your choice to proceed is backed by reliable information.

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What You Get from Pre-acquisition Due Diligence from Centri:

160+ Experts

US-Based Support

AI & Tech-Enabled


Centri’s acquisition due diligence is designed to help middle-market teams negotiate and buy with confidence.

Buy-Side Support for Any Industry, Even Complex Ones

Private Equity Private equity due diligence is critical to prevent overpaying or purchasing a costly, high-risk portfolio investment. We help PE companies confidently negotiate deals or walk away from ones where the risks outweigh the potential returns.
Capital Markets Readiness Navigating a deal including a public company comes with a lot more rigid requirements in order to meet the SEC’s criteria. Centri’s due diligence services help capital markets companies like yours identify risks ahead of closing, so that you don’t incur investigations, heavy fines, or become at risk of being delisted.
Technology For tech companies, buying is a great strategy to continue their growth goals and stay competitive in the fast-paced market. But there are a lot of risks without proper due diligence. Centri has experience supporting tech companies like yours so that you can confidently begin your deal with peace of mind that it’s supported by accurate data and analysis.
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The Hidden Risks of Not Doing Buy–Side Due Diligence

  • Overpaying for earnings that don’t exist.
  • Acquiring hidden liabilities, such as pending lawsuits or unpaid taxes/fines.
  • Taking on unplanned debt with high-interest obligations.
  • Realizing the majority of revenue is coming from a single, at-risk customer.
  • Discovering the cost of merging two companies is higher than the deal’s value.

Get Ahead Of Buying Obstacles

Quality of Earnings analysis is a key piece to having confidence in the deal you’re considering. However, Centri goes beyond that to also give you clarity around your target company’s historical performance, cash flow sustainability, and its working capital. Our goal is to give you a clear understanding of true earning power, deal risks, and levers for value creation.

What Our Buy-Side Due Diligence Process Includes

  • Quality of Earnings Analysis
  • Working Capital Assistance
  • Identification of Debt & Debt-Like Considerations
  • Financial & Operational Analysis
  • Identification of Qualitative/Quantitative Key Findings
  • Analysis of Free Cash Flow
  • Tax Due Diligence & Structuring
  • Transaction Tax Modeling
  • Tax Attribute Validation & Value Assessment
  • Transaction Cost Analysis & Optimization
  • HR Human Capital Due Diligence
  • Evaluation of Future Expectations & Forecasts
  • Purchase Accounting Analysis
  • Technical Accounting Research & Guidance
  • Revenue & Margin Sustainability
  • Assessment of Forecasts & Value Drivers
  • Transaction-Ready Reporting for Investment Committees & Lenders

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Why Choose Centri?

We are an award-winning firm with an extensive network of experts across the U.S. Plus, as the go-to capital markets firm, large deals and transactions are our passion. We’ve helped buyers across all industries scrutinize potential deals and maximize their return.

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From navigating your deal starting with the letter of intent to navigating the first 100 days, we’ve got you.

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