Plextek is able to offer a range of services for clients seeking help with making investments. We have a high degree of competence in both technical and business areas, focussed on the following services:
› Due-diligence reports for venture capital & other investment companies
› Expert witness assignments in technical litigation
› Assessment of companies for acquisition, mergers & JV
› Assessment of product and design teams
As for our other services, these can be tailored toward specific needs & timescales. Please contact us to discuss individual requirements.
Due-diligence
For investors and companies seeking to take part in high-technology ventures, it is important that sufficient analysis is undertaken to ensure that the technological base of the prospect is firm.
Plextek works with clients to assess proposed products & business plans for both technical & market realism, drawing on our significant commercial experience and the technical knowledge of our engineers and specialists.
Due diligence assignments typically take a number of forms, from a short company visit and initial verbal report, through to a full investigation and technical audit leading to a detailed report prior to final investment.
Plextek is able to continue supporting investors after each investment stage by performing on-going evaluation of the target company’s progess.
Expert witness assignments
In litigious cases in high-technology areas, it is increasingly important that legal advisors are properly briefed, and that Expert Witnesses called to court have a high degree of technical understanding and appropriate professional and interpersonal skills to communicate with the court.
Our consultants proposed for expert assignments are widely experienced with international reputations for excellence in their fields, frequently act as advisors to UK and government departments, and have been key to bringing disputes to a successful conclusion before reaching court.
Assessment of companies for acquisition, merger and joint-venture
Assessing the value of technology companies, and high technology businesses in particular, requires a detailed understanding of the underlying innovative and differentiating aspects of products and services. Products must also be robustly engineered so that manufacturing can be scaled-up confidently.
Plextek helps clients understand the true value of a target company’s technology and the barriers to replication by competitors. It has advised private equity and corporate buyers in technology transactions up to £100m
Products and design teams
To help gain a thorough view of the status of a product development we undertake detailed and independent technical, safety and compliance evaluations of products, combined with assessment of the design team and its ability to complete the required technical work.
Plextek's experience of working with the world's largest companies (and some of the world's smallest) allows it to give best-practice advice for optimising the right mix of internal and external resourcing. |
