Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence

Forward-thinking businesses conduct due diligence with far greater breadth and depth than they have in the past, driven principally by existing and emerging EH&S regulations and consumer and investor interests. Taking a holistic approach to the process safeguards against not only material liabilities, but also potential damage to brand or reputation.

In more than 25 years of conducting due diligence engagements, ENVIRON's consultants have honed not only their interdisciplinary technical and scientific expertise, but their business and transactional acumen as well. We ensure that clients are directly engaged with seasoned Principals and Senior Managers throughout the process, which also facilitates longer-term post-transaction support. We can draw upon our in-house experts in health and environmental science to address complex human health and environmental exposure and damage issues. This unmatched depth and breadth of expertise renders us an invaluable strategic partner in a complex and evolving arena.

Global Reach & Mobility

ENVIRON has created a globally integrated team whose talents we can harness and apply to our clients' most pressing problems. We combine resources across geographic boundaries and technical and scientific disciplines to provide our clients with the best, most responsive team for each engagement.

Due Diligence in a Commercial World

Our successful completion of many thousands of assessments ranging from the transfer of small, single-site greenfields to multibillion-dollar global deals has provided valuable insights into the relationship between material risk and liabilities and deal structure and value. We are responsive to time-critical demands, experienced in evaluating options for managing risk, familiar with financial valuation techniques, aware of the importance of an exit strategy, and adept at identifying and implementing opportunities for reducing risk and increasing asset value prior to exit.

Comprehensive Risk Management

ENVIRON's consultants have seen firsthand the business impacts of unexpected liabilities that come to light post transaction-problems that an appropriately designed due diligence process would address and potentially mitigate. Our due diligence professionals engage with engineers and scientists across the company, enabling us to address a broad spectrum of potential business liabilities, including:

• Site-related issues – robust Phase I and Phase II assessment capabilities
• Broad EH&S regulatory compliance – including consideration of emerging regulatory trends
• Occupational safety & health – workplace conditions, worker safety and health, and social and community standards
• Sustainability issues – energy, carbon management, eco-design
• Product stewardship – risks associated with manufacturing, use, and end of life

Client-Focused Results

Because the outcome of our work can materially affect transactions, we carefully tailor our assessments to the client's particular portfolio and desired risk threshold, and we employ innovative approaches-such as probabilistic risk modeling-as warranted. We are thus able to provide the information and professional insights clients need to make real-world decisions while meeting strict reporting deadlines.

We offer flexible work products to facilitate the timely delivery of critical information. Clients may engage us for any or all of the following levels of support:

• Preparation for sale, including compliance assistance, energy audits, and vendor due diligence reports
• Preliminary advice in the form of a "red-flag" report or pre-bid review
• Acquisition assessments, including Phase I and Phase II site assessments, which provide input for financial modeling; support risk management decision making; and define material risks
• Post-acquisition support to maximize asset value and minimize liabilities, including environmental management systems implementation, site remediation, energy management, and compliance assistance

Our clients include Fortune and FTSE 100 companies; major lending, private equity and investment institutions; international law firms; and commercial developers.

Improving Asset Value and Reducing Risk

Routine assessment and management of potential health and environment risks is simply good business. ENVIRON can help identify opportunities and implement strategies to reduce identified risks, reduce operating costs, and improve stakeholder relations. This may involve developing management systems; preparing CR reports; or instituting effective product stewardship practices to address the potential risks associated with the manufacture, use or disposal of products-all of which can improve the value and enhance a business on many levels.

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