Can someone please tell me what ah M&A due diligence consists of? Type of work you would be doing at analyst level, skills required, hours etc. thank you!

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What kind of DD? CDD? FDD? ODD? Very different things.

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I don’t know yet, all I know is that it is an acquisition due diligence

Kicking the tires of a business in all facets from financials, to revenue projections, to IT and HR, legal, etc.

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Possibly a formal report, too.

M&A analysis is not so simple that can be explained on chat.

Makes sense it is complicated. How about hours? All I really care about

It'll be intense. Engagement itself will be relatively short if you're used to regular consulting.

Like everything else, that depends on the timeline, complexity of the deal, and how available client data is. My experience with ODD/CDD is that hours aren't unreasonable (40-50/wk) but pulling the report together in the last week sucks and there's always a late night or three. Experiences may differ, but that's my two cents.

Wait what? Who do you work for K2?

Agree to what K2 said and include experience of the team. Sounds like this is your first time - in general I don’t see first timers having it easy, expect the long hours to figure it all out and iterate.

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