Harwick Diligence Framework  ·  Senior Analyst Validated

M&A Due Diligence.
Delivered in 4 Business Days.

Institutional-grade DD reports for mid-market transactions. Structured through our proprietary analysis framework and validated by former Big 4 senior analysts.

4 days Delivery SLA
Fixed Fee per mandate
Ex-B4 Analyst pedigree

Fixed-fee mandates are destroying your margin

Your clients demand fixed fees. Your associates still bill by the hour — internally. Every chaotic data room is a write-off waiting to happen.

Write-off risk on every mandate
A disorganised data room turns a 150-hour project into 300 hours. Fixed fee doesn't move. Your margin does.
Associate capacity is your bottleneck
70% of DD time is ingestion and indexing — low-margin work that burns your best analysts and blocks your pipeline.
3–6 weeks costs you more than time
Every week the DD drags, deal momentum slips. Buyers walk. Success fees evaporate. Speed is margin.
Harwick Diligence Framework

A purpose-built methodology for mid-market M&A

Every mandate is processed through our proprietary multi-layer analysis system — purpose-built for mid-market deal structures — then validated by a senior analyst before delivery.

Financial Analysis
Commercial Review
Legal & Corporate
HR & TUPE
Tax & Pensions
Operations & IT
Risk Scoring
Price Adjustment

The Harwick Diligence Framework — six-phase protocol

Every mandate runs through our proprietary HDF protocol — a structured sequence of document ingestion, multi-workstream analysis, independent challenge, and senior sign-off. Institutional rigour, every time.

Phase 01

Mandate Intake & Scoping

Our team conducts a structured intake of the data room — cataloguing document completeness, flagging critical gaps, and defining the analytical perimeter before any analysis begins. Incomplete disclosure is identified at source.

Phase 02

Multi-Layer Document Ingestion

Every document — financial statements, contracts, HR records, corporate filings, tax submissions — is parsed, cross-referenced, and structured across eight independent workstreams. No document is processed in isolation.

Phase 03

Workstream Analysis & Cross-Referencing

Each workstream — Legal, Financial, Commercial, HR & TUPE, Operations & IT, Tax & Pensions, Disclosure — is analysed independently, then cross-referenced for inter-workstream inconsistencies, hidden exposures, and compounding risks that single-dimension reviews routinely miss.

Phase 04

Master Synthesis & Risk Consolidation

Our analysts consolidate all workstream outputs into a unified risk matrix. Each identified exposure is scored, weighted, and mapped to its deal impact — price adjustment implications, conditions precedent, and Go/No-Go thresholds.

Phase 05

Independent Senior Challenge

Before any report leaves our desk, our senior analysts — former Big 4 Transaction Services professionals — independently challenge every conclusion, stress-test every assumption, and validate the final risk score. No report is signed off by the analyst who ran the initial analysis.

Phase 06

Report Finalisation & Secure Delivery

The finalised report — executive summary, full workstream breakdown, risk score, Go/No-Go verdict, red flags, conditions precedent, and price adjustment recommendation — is delivered securely within four business days of mandate confirmation.

Every mandate. Full scope.

One fixed-fee engagement covers the complete due diligence scope — regardless of deal complexity. No add-ons, no scope creep.

Full DD report (60+ pages)
Executive summary
Risk score + Go/No-Go
Red flags analysis
Price adjustment recommendation
Conditions precedent
Legal & corporate review
Financial analysis (QofE)
Commercial & HR review
Tax & operations review
Missing documents flagged
Senior analyst validation
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Protect your fixed-fee margin.
Eliminate write-off risk.

We handle the full data room ingestion and analysis. You validate, you sign, you own the client relationship. Your margin is guaranteed before the mandate begins.

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Guaranteed margin — our fixed wholesale fee replaces your variable production cost. No write-offs, no overruns, no surprises.
2
180 hours freed per mandate — your seniors stop indexing contracts and start closing deals. One mandate with Harwick frees the equivalent of a full analyst-week.
3
White-label delivery — every report carries your branding. No Harwick trace visible to your client. You present, you sign off, you take credit.
Wholesale Pricing
Fixed fee. Guaranteed margin.
Deal £15M–£25M £18k
Deal £25M–£40M £22k
Deal £40M–£60M £26k
Deal £60M–£90M £30k
Deal > £90M £35k

Built on institutional methodology and expertise

4d
Delivery Standard
From data room submission to full validated report. 4 business days, consistent across every mandate.
ex-B4
Analyst Pedigree
Every report is reviewed and validated by a former Deloitte, PwC or KPMG M&A specialist.
MO
Marcus Osei
Ex-Deloitte · Transaction Services
LF
Léa Fontaine
Ex-PwC · M&A Advisory
RM
Rajan Mehta
Ex-KPMG · PE Advisory

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By invitation · Transaction Services teams & Advisory firms