Deal Intelligence
The exposure around a transaction, mapped to what it may affect.
For buy-side and sell-side teams.
Buy-side: understand what you are committing to and what could change the economics. Sell-side: see what a buyer, investor or lender is likely to challenge before their diligence begins.
- Typical turnaround
- 3–5 business days, depending on scope
- Delivered as
- A Deal Sprint
- You receive
- A human-reviewed report, linked to its evidence
Buy-side and Sell-side
One transaction, seen from the side you are on.
The same connected intelligence model, framed around the decision in front of you.
Buy-side · Acquirers and investors
Know what you are committing to.
Examine company and transaction exposure alongside your legal, financial, commercial and specialist workstreams. DEVIS identifies material exposure, tests the assumptions behind the transaction and maps findings to valuation, financing, structure, integration and negotiating position.
- What could have been missed?
- Which assumptions should be challenged?
- How do the findings connect?
- What could change the economics of the transaction?
Sell-side · Sellers and their advisers
Know what a buyer will challenge, before they do.
See the business the way a sophisticated buyer, investor or lender will. DEVIS identifies the matters likely to require explanation, corroboration or remediation before their diligence begins, so they can be addressed, documented or prepared for.
- What is a buyer likely to challenge?
- Where could the evidence be stronger?
- What may affect warranties, structure or financing?
- What should management be prepared to explain?
What It Considers
The parties, the structure and the assumptions.
Depending on scope, Deal Intelligence connects evidence across the transaction and the companies within it.
Parties and counterparties
The target, the counterparty, and the people and entities connected to them.
Transaction structure
How the transaction is structured, and how control changes through it.
Financing and valuation assumptions
The assumptions the transaction relies on, and how far the evidence supports them.
Ownership, control and dependencies
Who controls what, and which relationships and counterparties the business depends on.
Timing, integration and execution
Matters that may affect execution, timing or post-transaction integration.
Negotiation position
Where identified exposure may bear on warranties, approvals, price or terms.
Exposure to Consequence
What each finding may affect in the transaction.
Each finding is mapped to what it may affect in this transaction, so your team can prioritise price, terms, structure and timing. Consequences are not predictions or recommendations.
- Valuation
- Forecast confidence
- Financing
- Covenants
- Ownership and control
- Deal structure
- Negotiation leverage
- Integration
- Reputation
- Timing
- Decision readiness
Where It Is Used
Across the life of a transaction.
From initial interest to defined commitment, wherever the evidentiary record needs connected review.
- 01
Pre-LOI and post-LOI review
Assess the evidentiary position as a transaction moves from initial interest to defined commitment.
- 02
Buy-side diligence
Examine company and transaction exposure alongside existing legal, financial, commercial and other workstreams.
- 03
Sell-side readiness
Identify matters likely to require explanation, corroboration or remediation before buyer or lender diligence.
- 04
Investment committee and partner review
Bring material findings, unresolved evidence and potential consequences into a senior-review format.
- 05
Structuring and integration planning
Identify where exposure may affect control, execution, dependencies, timing or integration.
- 06
Financing-related review
Identify exposures that may affect financing, covenants, structure, timing or lender questions. DEVIS does not assess creditworthiness or make lending decisions.
What You Receive
A report built for the transaction.
Findings linked to their evidence, what they may affect and the questions to put to management, advisers or the counterparty.
How DEVIS supports the process
- 01
Frames the decision and the transaction context.
- 02
Builds and organises the evidence base across the parties.
- 03
Connects relationships and tests contradictions and assumptions.
- 04
Maps findings to their potential consequences for the transaction.
- 05
Subjects the output to human quality control.
What is included
- 01
A structured, human-reviewed intelligence report.
- 02
Material findings linked to their supporting evidence.
- 03
Exposure, consequence and escalation summaries.
- 04
Questions for further diligence, management or specialist review.
- 05
Controlled interrogation of the report through Ask DEVIS.
Designed For
Teams accountable for transactions that are expensive to get wrong.
- Due Diligence
- Transaction Advisory
- M&A
- Private Equity
- Family Offices
- Legal & Compliance
- Corporate Development
DEVIS provides intelligence and decision support. It does not provide legal, investment, tax, audit or regulatory advice, or approve or reject a transaction.
Private Working Session
Bring the transaction you are working on.
It begins with a confidential 20-minute introduction. Buy-side or sell-side, outline the transaction and the decision, and we will confirm fit and what the engagement would cover.
Request a SessionNo obligation. Engagement structure and pricing are set out in the session.