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Due diligence and disclosure (share purchase)—overview
Share purchase transaction collection
The Share purchase transaction collection serves as a roadmap for private company sales and acquisitions structured as a share purchase. It outlines each phase of a share purchase deal and the tasks that lawyers must complete at every step. The collection signposts Checklists, Precedents (with drafting notes), forms and Practice Notes, and sets out the key drafting and negotiating points to address in share purchase transactions. See Practice Note: Due diligence and disclosure phase in share purchase transactions (part of the Share purchase transaction collection) for guidance on this stage of a private M&A (share purchase) transaction.
Due diligence
The buyer will undertake legal, financial and accounting due diligence on the seller and the target company to obtain information, guide negotiations and plan the integration of the target into its existing group. See Practice Note: Due diligence-share and asset purchases.
The following Practice Notes, within the Share purchase transaction collection, provide guidance on the different stages of the due diligence exercise:
- Preparing for the due diligence process in share purchase...
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