31 Days to More Effective Compliance Programs – Day 28 – Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions
“A company that does not perform adequate due diligence before a merger or acquisition may face legal and business risks. Perhaps most commonly, inadequate due diligence can allow a course of bribery to continue – with all the attendant harms to a business’s profitability and reputation, as well as potential civil and criminal liability,” reports Thomas Fox in JD Supra.
“While most compliance practitioners have been long aware of the requirement in the post-acquisition context, the 2012 FCPA Guidance focused many compliance practitioners on the need to engage in”
