17%
7%
4%
12%
6%
12%
10%
9%
12%
17%
12%
8%
12%
9%
9%
13%
13%
16%
Lack in-house experience (ESG, IT, Industry)
Overall time and effort for due diligence process
Vetting information
Access to expertise needed to fully vet target
Overall cost of 3rd party advisors
Inability to make accurate target valuation
Unreliable/Imcomplete data received
Timeline/Access to management
Competitive process
Rank 1
Rank 2
50
40
30
20
10
0
In your most recent M&A transactions, what was the biggest challenge faced during the due diligence process? (All respondents select top two and rank 1-2, where 1 = biggest challenge)