"We have found that working with a partner like GIA is critical. In Asia in particular, it is very challenging to find a partner that has the right mix of local consultants, global views, the ability to conduct high quality interviews and communicate with your internal teams, plus have the clear strategic thinking to challenge established views!"

Marketing Director Asia Pacific
National Starch Food Innovation

Some notable clients:

ASSA ABLOY, Bertelsmann, Dow, IFC, Hitachi, Lassila & Tikanoja, Kingfisher, Recall, Reed Elsevier, Walt Disney



Conduct third party Commercial Due Diligence and Screening through experts with industry experience in local markets


Should you make investment and partnering decisions based on locally validated intelligence on the target company, its market and competition environment? Do you need to identify future growth sectors and screen key players for acquisition? Are you looking for a single strategic due diligence provider with global, multi-industry and multi-disciplinary expertise?

Contact GIA and gain access to our investment consultants and our large network of experts with hands-on industry experience in local markets around the world.

We can support your M&A initiatives with Commercial Due Diligence and Screening:

  • Shortlist investment targets based on key acquisition criteria, conduct a 360 degree analysis of their performance relative to their environment and recommend best suited acquisition candidates

  • Suggest industry sectors with strong future growth opportunities

  • Validate or challenge investment hypothesis based on a deep understanding of the target company’s competitive advantage, technology, true capabilities and management risks

  • Benchmark target company’s products/services and forecast market success

  • Improve target company’s growth forecasts with surveys of its competitors, distributors, retailers and customers

We can also support your Strategic Partnership goals with Due Diligence and Screening:

  • Identify distribution, licensing, OEM or other partners with a systematic and robust screening and analysis framework

  • Provide systematic and impartial benchmarking of partner candidates on key evaluation parameters

  • Assess initial interest in partnership and facilitate introduction to client



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