Private Equity Firms

Assurance Partners provide value driven independent support services to private equity firms and other financial buyers, including hedge funds and venture capital firms.

Due Diligence and Acquisition Support
Buying, selling or restructuring a business may sometimes be very challenging because it may be the most critical decision a business owner may make. We help companies evaluate the financial, commercial, regulatory and technological status of a potential merger candidate and understand the opportunities and challenges that may arise from such an event.

Often private equity firms seek to grow their investments via mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions are among the most complex and challenging activities a business can undertake. In today’s economy, information is not always transparent which could result in an even greater challenge. Companies include a substantial part of their value creation/synergy targets in the acquisition purchase price. Our team includes auditors, tax accountants, forensic accountants and technology experts who provide investigative analysis of businesses including background history, results/projections, cash flows, market analysis, management information, commercial and operational issues, and systems and controls.

Operational Due Diligence
Assurance Partners has developed a leading position in providing Operational Due Diligence for Private Equity firms. Working from this base and with appropriate adaptation of the content and process, Assurance Partners is now staffing up to provide an operational due diligence service for Private Equity.

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Assurance Partners works closely with management to create and implement a proven approach to corporate governance controls, SOX Sections 302/404 compliance and other regulatory requirements. Our clients are organizations who seek us for our extensive Sarbanes Oxley knowledge in the areas of implementation, testing, monitoring and maintenance within the SEC and PCAOB standards. Our clients call upon us for our extensive experience in working within the Sarbanes Oxley audit methodology framework of their external auditors, especially with each of the Big 4 accounting firms. They look to us for honest, objective, thoughtful, and experienced advice.

Internal Audit Services
Our clients call on us when they find themselves under pressure to meet critical deadlines to deliver results. They call us when they want to add resources to their strategic internal audit initiatives. They call us when they need to make decisions that will have major consequences for their people, and their organizations. They call us when they want a trusted independent perspective with pragmatic solutions.