The private equity (PE) industry faces increasing scrutiny from regulators, investors, and stakeholders. As firms navigate complex transactions and increasing risk for value destruction post-closing from a range of operational, financial, and reputational threats, they must balance necessary due diligence and compliance requirements with the return expectations of limited partners (LPs). From pre-acquisition advisory and anti-corruption risk, to supporting compliance expectations and post-acquisition disputes, our collaborative experts apply significant experience in litigation support, investigations, valuation, and compliance to uncover crucial information at critical moments.

StoneTurn partners with private equity firms at each stage of the deal lifecycle to provide strategic insights, risk management solutions, and investigative expertise to aid in strategic decision making and build competitive advantage. With extensive experience advising private equity firms, StoneTurn delivers tailored solutions to address financial, operational, and regulatory challenges, including: 

• Pre-Transaction Advisory: Conducting deep-dive due diligence on acquisition targets and their partners to identify potential risks before an acquisition. This may include senior hires both internally and for the acquisition target, competitor and market intelligence and, where necessary, reputation and geopolitical risk assessments of a specific sector or jurisdiction. 
• Forensic Accounting Reviews and Risk Assessment: Examining detailed financials of potential investment targets, assessing if there are red flags that may pose a risk to the portfolio, for example if profitability has been overstated, cash flow is not fully explained or there are indications of regulatory infringements. 
• Compliance Program Review and Enhancement: Assessing and strengthening internal controls, compliance programs, and governance structures within portfolio companies. We provide comprehensive reviews and draft processes and procedures to ensure portfolio companies have best-in-class corporate governance protocols.  
• Deal Team Elicitation and Interview Training: Developing elicitation and advanced interview training for deal teams at both pre-deal and post-deal management stages. Elicitation training is designed to teach PE teams to better identify and collate critical information, and interview training develops their ability to assess, benchmark, and hire the best senior team to grow and manage portfolio companies. 
• Data Analytics and Performance Metric Improvements: Assisting firms with improving performance metric calculations and processes around reporting. We assist with financial data reviews, holistic reporting and the enhancement of internal processes related to key performance indicators― both in response to regulatory inquiries and proactively as part of continuous operational improvement. 

StoneTurn’s hands-on, data-driven approach ensures private equity firms can make informed investment decisions, protect their assets, and maintain regulatory compliance. 

Why StoneTurn?

• Extensive experience working with top-tier PE firms, institutional investors, and legal advisors. 
• Trusted by regulators, law firms, and global corporations to provide independent assessments and risk mitigation strategies. 
• Data-driven insights combined with personalized solutions to enhance portfolio performance and mitigate risks.