IF YOU ARE AWARE OF the details YOU minimiSe YOUR risk

With the growing emergence of financial investors onto the M&A market, potential purchasers’ interests in hedging against a company’s holdings have increased substantially. This is reflected in the comprehensiveness of the due diligence carried out as well as in the extent and scope of complex demands for purchase contract warranties – as well as their collateralisation.

We support the buyer as part of the due diligence team in carrying out an actuarial due diligence process, which reveals the hidden potential risks as well as changes in the insurance costs to be expected after conclusion of the transaction. We further support the contractual parties in their collateralisation of purchase contract warranties through insurance solutions as the only form of collateralisation under which the corresponding risks can be passed on to third parties, namely the insurers. This allows for clarity to be achieved at closing with regard to the purchase price ultimately obtained.