Cost Acquiring a company is a lot like buying a car.
A company's balance sheet rarely tells the entire story, either. Conducting due diligence on benefits plans is an important, and often overlooked, step in the acquisition process. Due diligence, traditionally the domain of law firms, is increasingly conducted by benefits advisory firms that specialize in the area. Nor had this type of in-depth benefits evaluation typically been done by benefits advisory firms, he added. Some of our clients will ask us to do just a toplevel review.