Cross-border acquisitions and due diligence.
Buying a business in another country adds questions a domestic deal does not have: foreign investment screening, merger control in more than one place, different employment and tax rules, and the practicalities of integrating a company you cannot easily visit.
What the business is trying to achieve.
Corporate development teams, investment committees and owners considering an acquisition or a significant stake abroad.
A clear view of the target, the approvals and risks that affect value and timing, and the specialist work needed before signing.
From objective to agreed work.
Each step is agreed before it starts. Specialist firms are engaged by you directly and remain responsible for their own advice.
Your commercial objective, markets and constraints are reviewed, and the requirement is restated in plain language.
The decisions are organised in order, with the evidence each depends on and the questions that need qualified advice.
The disciplines and firms needed are identified across the six institutions and the independent firms beyond them.
If you proceed, the coordination scope, deliverables and any coordination fee are agreed in writing.
Where contracted, UNBOUNDED coordinates the work plan, milestones and decision points with the engaged firms.
Defined deliverables.
The deliverables that apply depend on the agreed scope. Professional deliverables, such as opinions, filings and documents, come from the firms you engage.
M&A law, financial and tax due diligence, competition and investment screening, employment, data protection and integration.
Clear terms.
UNBOUNDED's role is research and coordination. Regulated legal, tax, audit, financial and other professional advice is provided only under separate engagements.
Valuation opinions, investment recommendations, legal and tax diligence reports and transaction documents come from the engaged advisers. UNBOUNDED takes no success fee and no referral fee.
Submitting a requirement is free. A coordination fee, where one applies, is agreed in writing once the scope is known. Professional fees are agreed with the firms directly.
UNBOUNDED never takes a referral or success fee from any firm.
Nothing confidential is needed at first contact. Private requirements are never used as general research or for AI training.
A Gulf investor is considering a majority stake in a UK engineering business. It needs to know whether UK investment screening applies, what diligence should cover and how long approvals could take.
This example describes a typical situation for explanation only. It does not describe a client, a result or an endorsement.
How to proceed.
Submit the business objective. UNBOUNDED reviews the appropriate next step and, where relevant, proposes a scoped Corridor File.