Summarizing a Due Diligence Folder

A due diligence folder usually arrives with a deadline and no map. The few facts that affect deal value or timing are spread across the agreement, the material contracts, the leases and the disclosure memos. This lesson answers one question: what in this folder could affect deal value or delay closing, and where exactly is it?

Below are three prompts, each with one job: get oriented, surface the risks and verify each one against the source. Two optional prompts take you further. The Assistant gives you findings. You make the call.

Before you start

Selection controls the answer. The Assistant reads only what you select.
Ask for the document and the provision. A risk you cannot trace to a section is hard to check.
Fill in the [brackets]. Replace each one with the specifics from your matter, such as a document name, a defined term, a schedule number or a party name, before you run the prompt.

Prompts

Using only the documents I've selected, summarize this due diligence folder. Include the transaction structure, the [purchase price or consideration], and the documents included in this set.

Identify the risks in this due diligence folder that could affect deal value or delay closing. For each risk, name the document it appears in and the specific provision or fact. Group them by category: [contractual, real estate, litigation, and intellectual property].

Pull the exact language from the [document name] describing [the consent required for an assignment or change of control, or the provision the risk points to].

Using only the documents I've selected, summarize this due diligence folder. Include the transaction structure, the [purchase price or consideration], and the documents included in this set.

Trust but verify

Every answer has blue numbers at the end, those are the citations. Click those numbers to see an excerpt of the document your answer came from. If needed, click the excerpt to see the answer highlighted in your document.