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Product Description Business growth and intellectual property experts William Crilly and Andrew Sherman offer a solution to the perennial challenge of addressing the many possible pitfalls of a major business decision: due diligence. In The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence, they reveal step-by-step how-tos for using a due diligence investigation to analyze and identify the future profit potential of an entity and determine how well the relevant organizations or units will function together to generate revenue. This long-trusted, game-changing resource includes specialized sections on joint ventures, franchises, outsourcing, and legal memo and form requirements. The revised and updated edition builds on these essential principles with bonus content of almost 400 customizable forms and templates for recording and analyzing every possible operational or financial activity. Thorough and easy to use, this essential resource will ensure that every “t” is crossed, every “i” dotted--and empower you to make business decisions knowing no mistakes were left out on the table. Review “[T]his book can be useful for professional services practitioners looking for a refresher on various parts of the traditional M&A process, for professional services practitioners who want to build their own customized traditional forms and checklists, or for professionals or researchers looking for one of the very few books on traditional due diligence.” --Due Diligence Digest (International Due Diligence Association) “… takes away a lot of that angst…help everyone from the due diligence novice to the expert… proven track record of AMA assures…it will be a good product.”— CarpeFactum “… treacherous course of due diligence…fraught with booby traps…having a road map on which to execute your due diligence can help …authors provide a great road map.” —Law Insider “…I have been involved in a number of transactions…this book…takes a very complicated and involved process and explains it in a way that is thorough, clear, and… concise.” – CEO Blog Book Description Revised & Updated Edition of the Most Complete Due Diligence Guide Ever Published! The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence is the most complete guide available on how to properly perform a due diligence investigation — and radically improve the success rate of a pending corporate merger or acquisition. The new edition of this long-trusted resource includes a CD-ROM packed with almost 400 customizable forms and templates for recording and analyzing every possible operational or financial activity at any organization. Extensively revised and updated, the book reflects significant changes in the financial landscape such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There are specialized sections on joint ventures, franchises, and outsourcing, as well as new legal memo and form requirements, including data room index, preliminary diligence memorandum, and the Hart-Scott-Rodino questionnaire. Thorough and easy to use, this essential resource will ensure that every “t” is crossed, every “i” dotted…and no mistakes left out on the table. From the Back Cover Revised & Updated Edition of the Most Complete Due Diligence Guide Ever Published! If you are...acquiring, merging, selling, appraising, auditing, or underwriting a business entity or business unit, don’t proceed without The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence. What makes The AMA Handbook of Due Diligence so special? It’s really an annotated collection of almost 400 forms – easy to use and customize from the companion CD-ROM – that allow you to record and analyze every possible operational and financial activity of the business units under investigation. Probing sequences of questions penetrate into the darkest corners…long lists of possible reasons lead you to research the background of every “fact”. All the danger signs Crilly and Sherman have learned to recognize are uncompromisingly confronted. The forms elicit such realities as: • Projection