Making an acquisition can be hard enough; negotiating the complexities of a new corporate governance environment can present real risks. How might a poison pill affect your takeover plans? What is significant about the regulatory environment of the target? Is the target a good match for your company in terms of corporate governance? Reputation risks, financial risks, and regulatory risks can be avoided with thorough research. Often, firms conduct extensive financial due diligence prior to an acquisition, but dedicate little time to the corporate governance risk and arrangements of the target. This can sometimes prove to be a costly mistake, as bid progress slows and an entrenched board calls on interested parties to shore up defences based on little understood governance mechanisms. These are compounded when the target is incorporated overseas.

HIM Governance can provide bespoke research reports to companies wishing to consider the corporate governance of a third-party, whether that party is a potential take-over target, a competitor, or a potential strategic partner. We can reduce uncertainty and allow your firm to take decisions with the relevant facts.

HIM Governance also provides research and consulting services to pre-IPO firms who wish to make clear and meaningful governance statements in their float-prospectus. We can draw on a pool of partners and associates with legal, company secretarial and banking experience to allow your firm to make the most of your IPO.

We can provide:

Bespoke reports on a third party’s corporate governance;