M&A Financial Due Diligence & Quality of Earnings (QoE)
Rigorous buy-side and sell-side Quality of Earnings investigations, debt-like item audits, and working capital peg analyses for UAE commercial transactions.
M&A Transaction Support
Compliant with UAE Federal Authorities, Mainland DED & Leading Financial Institutions.
Business Value
Key Challenges Addressed
Our senior chartered accountants structure engagements around the concrete risks, compliance hurdles, and commercial friction facing UAE organizations.
Uncovering Artificial or Non-Recurring Earnings
Adjusting accounting EBITDA for one-off gains, related-party subsidies, and owner discretionary costs to reveal true earnings.
Identifying Hidden Debt & Unrecorded Liabilities
Detecting unaccrued gratuities, pending legal claims, unfiled tax exposures, and off-balance sheet commitments.
Negotiating Purchase Price Adjustments
Arming buyers with factual evidence to negotiate purchase price reductions, working capital targets, and escrow holdbacks.
Statutory & Operational Output
Tangible Deliverables You Receive
Comprehensive Financial Due Diligence Report
Detailed analysis covering Historical Trading Performance, Quality of Earnings (QoE), and Quality of Net Assets.
Normalized EBITDA Bridge Analysis
Clear reconciliation from reported accounting EBITDA to Sustainable Adjusted EBITDA.
Net Debt & Working Capital Peg Schedule
Granular assessment defining closing cash, debt-like items, and target normal working capital requirements.
Structured Engagement
Our Four-Step Delivery Methodology
A disciplined, phased approach that minimizes friction for your internal team while ensuring complete statutory rigor.
Information Request & Data Room Review
Structured milestone ensuring thorough documentation, strict statutory conformity, and minimal disruption to your daily operations.
Reviewing historical accounts, tax filings, customer contracts, and banking records in the virtual data room.
International Due Diligence Guidelines
Authority: UAE Commercial Companies Law & M&A Best Practices
Provides transactional prudence and fiduciary protection for corporate buyers, boards, and private equity investors.
Practice Complementarity
Related Practice Services
Statutory & Practice Guidance
Frequently Asked Questions: Financial Due Diligence
Clarity on UAE statutory mandates, filing deadlines, documentation standards, and partner-led engagement scopes.
Have a specific statutory inquiry?
Our registered audit partners and tax directors in Abu Dhabi and Dubai provide confidential preliminary discussions for UAE commercial enterprises.
Financial Due Diligence is an intensive investigation of an enterprise’s historical financial performance, balance sheet health, and future operational cash flow, commissioned by prospective buyers (buy-side FDD), selling founders (vendor FDD), or commercial lenders prior to closing an M&A transaction.
Engage our Advisory Directors for Financial Due Diligence
Our registered auditors and tax directors in Abu Dhabi and Dubai provide partner-led preliminary scoping, transparent deliverables, and customized fee proposals.