Advanced Certificate in Due Diligence and Compliance Training Course

Why select this training course?

Every business transaction involves steps, and due diligence is critical. It is often the first step in the transaction since the parties must be able to rely on each other to live up to their end of the bargain. Due diligence performs a critical function in the decision-making process related to business transactions, investment opportunities, and other important decisions. It is a systematic process that enables a company to determine the suitability and potential profitability of a business deal, investment, or other important matter using a complete and systematic review of the material facts to ascertain whether the proposed investment, transaction, or other matter is viable.

Even though not mandated, why do companies insist on performing due diligence before significant business transactions?

Due diligence lets a company discover potentially invalid or fraudulent facts about a business transaction. It helps uncover misrepresentation and fraudulent activities by uncovering inconsistencies in financial or other documents and verifying the accuracy of information presented in financial or other documents. Due diligence aims to provide the parties to a business transaction with the information necessary to make a well-informed decision on whether to proceed. This includes information about the other parties, the assets and liabilities of the transaction partners, and the transaction’s financial and legal implications.

How do companies today ensure complete compliance of their operations with the law?

In today’s climate of heightened corporate accountability, business executives are pressured to abide by a steady stream of complex regulations. Many companies are designing comprehensive compliance plans to ensure adherence to regulatory compliances. The goal of a compliance plan is to ensure that the company is operating within the framework of the law and advancing the company’s strategic goals.

Rcademy’s Advance Certificate in Due Diligence and Compliance Training Course is essential for entrepreneurs and investors to understand the implications of doing business in their state. If you are unfamiliar with securities laws, you must understand the basic elements of the law, learn what you need to know, and understand what your company is required to do as a public company. During the training, you will understand how the company can keep up with regulatory compliance. You will learn to identify and analyze potential issues and evaluate the company’s valuation and associated risk factors. With the successful completion of this course, participants will be able to achieve the desired goals of their business transactions, especially M&A.

Who should attend?

Rcademy’s Advanced Certificate in Due Diligence and Compliance Training Course has been constructed for professionals in the government and private sectors alike:

• Departmental heads/managers
• Legal department managers
• Government officials
• Oil and Gas professionals
• Compliance officers
• Enterprise and investment analysts
• Management consultant
• Business analysts
• Graduates and academicians
• Learners and scholars
• Business managers
• Startup founders and entrepreneurs

What are the course objectives?

The training course aims to instill its participants with hands-on knowledge of Due Diligence and Compliance that will enable them to make profitable decisions regarding business transactions:

• To gain an understanding of the need and scope of due diligence in the present times, especially in the oil and gas sector
• To gain practical knowledge of various due diligence techniques and when to apply them in different situations
• To gain knowledge of ways to collect information necessary for conducting due diligence
• To enable efficient decision-making by verifying the authenticity of business transactions
• To discuss techniques relevant to uncovering underlying threats and risk management in business transactions
• To discuss methods and procedures for successful compliance management

How will the course be presented?

• Interactive sessions
• Use of case studies
• Management games
• Learning preparation of reports, charts, graphs
• Real-time exercises
• Problem-solving and Group discussion sessions

What are the topics covered?

Module 1: Introduction to the Concept of Due Diligence

• Need for due diligence
• Conducting a SWOT analysis
• Scope of due diligence investigation

Module 2: Business Due Diligence

• Operational due diligence
• Strategic due diligence
• Technical due diligence
• Environmental due diligence
• Information security due diligence

Module 3: Legal Due Diligence

• Cost-benefit analysis
• Analyzing risk and liability
• Regulatory compliance
• Contractual compliance
• Need for legal, due diligence
• Process of legal, due diligence
• Aspects of being covered in legal, due diligence

Module 4: Financial Due Diligence

• Reviewing accounting policies
• Internal audit procedures
• Checking sustainability and quality of cash flow
• Value of assets
• Potential of liabilities
• Reliability of financial information

Module 5: Conducting Due Diligence

• Deciding on objective and purpose
• Determining the value of the asset
• Planning the schedule
• Negotiating for time with the seller
• Background of promoters
• Ensuring risk minimization
• Gathering information from external sources
• Preparation of report

Module 6: Stages of Due Diligence

• Pre-diligence: letter of intent, receipt of documents, identifying the issues,
• creating data room, organizing papers
• Execution of NDA
• Diligence: DD report submission
• Analysis of Data
• Deal breakers, deal diluters, deal cautioners, dealmakers
• Post diligence

Module 7: Due Diligence in Equity and Debenture Issues

• Decision on a public issue
• IPO
• Preferential issues
• Documents to be examined: company documents such as memorandum, etc.,
• Promoters’ documents, financials such as projections, etc.
• Project information
• Post-issue compliance

Module 8: Corporate Restructuring: Mergers and Acquisitions

• Takeovers and takeover bid
• Mergers and acquisitions in oil and gas companies
• Friendly takeover
• Hostile takeover
• Takeover process
• The obligation of the acquirer and target company
• Cultural issues in mergers and acquisitions
• Checklist for takeover

Module 9: Compliance Management

• Need for Compliance
• Corporate compliance management
• Devising a system to ensure compliance
• Ensuring the effectiveness of the compliance system
• Internal compliance reporting
• Technology in compliance management

Module 10: Internal Control and Reporting

• Nature of internal control
• Techniques of internal control system
• Efficacy of internal control
• Integrated reporting
• Non-financial reporting
• Corporate sustainability report