Exploratory analysis: Can blockchain technology improve M&A due diligence processes efficiency.

This exploratory body of work examines the recent and current developments in blockchain technology and applications in an attempt to assess whether blockchain related concepts, such as tokenisation, can improve the efficiency of business operations, by the example of M&A transactions. M&A are traditionally known to be time-consuming and capital intensive transactions but blockchain technology may help mitigate some of the prevalent inefficiencies. This work will analyse the (financial) due diligence process of M&A transactions and encompass opinions from industry experts to provide an assessment of the current state-of-art and trends regarding blockchain tokenisation in an M&A due diligence context.