A Commitment to Private Equity

Rothman Consulting advises private equity investors such as buyout firms, venture capitalists and limited partnerships. Our due diligence research provides the business-critical information they need before making an investment. Working in partnership with private equity clients, we help them identify and better manage risk in complex transactions.

Case Study

Our client, a venture capital investment firm, proposed acquiring an industrial company as an investment. Because they would own the company but not manage it, our client needed to understand and be confident about the personal and professional histories of the company’s managers. We thus made a thorough review of the top executive team.

Rothman Consulting’s investigation discovered that the current marketing manager had served two years in jail for conducting a fraudulent marketing scheme at a prior employer. This information had never been disclosed to the firm our client intended to buy, and no one at his current company knew of it – even though it obviously related to the manager’s marketing responsibilities. 

Thanks to our due diligence, our client was able to remove this manager from the company and hire a replacement as part of the final negotiation of the investment deal. Both our venture client and their company benefited from this strategic discovery.

Rothman Consulting understands that human assets are as important as financial ones to a successful investment. Our three-tiered approach contexts our assessment of senior managers’ business and personal reliability, for insight that helps clients reach their investment goals.