Business Acquisition and Due Diligence for SME’s (Sep 25)
Category: Corporate Finance & Investment | Duration: 1hr | Tag: VODSEFEIE25D2S3 | Type: Video | Course Level: Intermediate | Speaker: Tom Murray | Date: 03/09/2025 12:00
Course Details
This course is designed for accountants and advisers who support clients looking to grow through acquisition or who may be thinking about buying or selling a business themselves.
With more SME owners considering exit strategies, and others looking to grow through strategic purchases, having a solid understanding of how acquisitions work is more important than ever.
Accountants are often at the centre of these conversations helping clients assess opportunities or protecting them from risky deals.
Tom Murray covers the following topics during this course:
- The SME Acquisition Market: What’s driving business purchases and sales right now, common deal types, and how SMEs are approaching acquisitions.
- Getting Ready to Buy: How to prepare for an acquisition, from defining goals and budgets to identifying the right targets.
- Financial and Commercial Due Diligence: What to look for when reviewing financials, tax issues, contracts, and business risks.
- Legal and Compliance Basics: Key legal steps, documents, and obligations involved in an SME transaction.
- After the Deal - Making It Work: What happens after the deal is done: integration, managing change, and delivering value.
CPD Course Speaker
Friel Stafford
Tom Murray
Tom qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) in 1997 whilst working with Chase Manhattan Bank. Tom has over 20 years experience in accounting and business roles.
He is one of Ireland’s most experienced corporate recovery and turnaround practitioners and was one of the first Personal Insolvency Practitioners licensed in Ireland.
He also is an experienced Corporate Financier with particular interest and expertise in the area of equity and debt fund raising, and the buying and selling of businesses.
He is heavily involved with the ACCA accountancy body and is a past President of ACCA Ireland. He represented ACCA Ireland at the ACCA International Assembly in 2011. He was nominated in January 2021 by ACCA to represent it on the the CCABI insolvency Committee.
He is authorised to act as a Personal Insolvency Practitioner by the Insolvency Service of Ireland.
He is one of Ireland’s most experienced corporate recovery and turnaround practitioners and was one of the first Personal Insolvency Practitioners licensed in Ireland.
He also is an experienced Corporate Financier with particular interest and expertise in the area of equity and debt fund raising, and the buying and selling of businesses.
He is heavily involved with the ACCA accountancy body and is a past President of ACCA Ireland. He represented ACCA Ireland at the ACCA International Assembly in 2011. He was nominated in January 2021 by ACCA to represent it on the the CCABI insolvency Committee.
He is authorised to act as a Personal Insolvency Practitioner by the Insolvency Service of Ireland.