This guideline identifies key intellectual property (IP) rights and comments on how such rights should be considered in the context of M&A transaction and contractual protections. It also addresses IP transfer and integration.

Valuation is critical within deals and a key part of the decision-making process. This guideline seeks to shed light on emerging valuation issues that practitioners will encounter on deals involving businesses in pre-, during- and post-deal environments.

This 2nd edition is a practical guide to financial modelling in a corporate finance transaction context. That rider is important. The guide is aimed at corporate financiers and modellers who need to prepare, use or review financial models for deals; it is not aimed at financial modellers who need to develop their understanding of corporate finance.

Best practice within financial due diligence, and its interaction with commercial and operational due diligence.

This guideline deals with interest rate and foreign exchange risk management from a corporate finance perspective. These risks tend to be focused on during a ‘transaction event’, whether management buyout (MBO)-type transactions, M&A, or when new assets are acquired.

The UK equity markets fall into one of two categories:Recognised Investment Exchange (or RIE) and Exchange regulated market.The similarities and differences are important to the decision on which market is the most appropriate. This guidance explains.

Asset based finance (ABF) is increasingly being used as a source of funding by high growth companies – from small businesses, to those owned by private equity, to innovative businesses and subsidiaries of some of the world’s largest companies.