What to look at on a M&A deal?

Hey M&A professionals,

I was just curious as to the detailed process of a M&A deal? For example let’s say a health tech company comes to you to acquire another health company, what documents are necessary for the due diligence, what documents do you look at first? What are your first questions? Where do you need to investigate in more detail? Which models do you use to value the company? How long is the process? When is a deal successful? 
thanks! 

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Hahah, I was just curious as to what M&A guys do all day long and why a deal requires analysts to work 100+ hours per week, like what takes so much time

 

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