Document due diligence
Reviewing a company’s records before a transaction, where missing documentation can affect the price.
A review of a company’s records by a buyer, investor or bank before closing a transaction: corporate minutes, powers of attorney, contracts, permits, industrial property, employment and tax records.
Why it is a costly examination
Missing or incomplete records can become a price adjustment, retention or closing condition. The buyer sets the deadline, leaving little time to reconstruct what was not available.
The difference between a week and three months
The difference is whether the documents have a defined identity. A repository identifying each item, its owner and its validity dates can be delivered in days. A shared folder containing twenty years of accumulated records requires manual review, document by document, affecting the transaction timetable.
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Document practice
Single record
One authoritative document record for a matter, rather than separate copies across departments.
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Legal identity
The attributes that turn a standalone document into a record: what it is, who it belongs to, its start and end dates, and who is responsible.
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Chain of custody
The continuous record of responsibility for a file, from its origin through its use, with no gaps in ownership.
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