Corporate
Due diligence checklists for first-time acquirers
February 14 · 9 min read
Where first-time buyers get surprised
Financial diligence gets the attention, but post-closing pain usually comes from elsewhere: unassigned intellectual property, misclassified contractors, change-of-control clauses, and consents that should have been sequenced months earlier.
A disciplined checklist ties every diligence finding to a deal mechanism — a price adjustment, an indemnity, an escrow, or a condition to closing — so discoveries translate into protection rather than anxiety.