What is Transaction Due Diligence and how does that compare with Transaction Due Diligence Analytics?

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I’m not sure what you mean by TDD Analytics so maybe if you clarify that I can answer better. But transaction due diligence is just a general term that cover M&A due diligence across a variety of competencies (operations, HR, legal, tax, financial/accounting etc). The goal is to uncover any bombshells that would derail the deal and to pressure test the investment hypothesis.

So this would include things like finding possible litigation risks that the company has, normalizing the financials for changes in accounting policies over time, identifying/quantifying synergies that might be achieved, etc.

When people say “transaction services” in my experience they’re typically talking about financial (FDD) which focuses on quality of earnings analyses. The commercial and operational topics are generally covered by strategy professionals.

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