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Due diligence, a per-document red-flag grid

A data room ahead of a Series B investment is turned into a table: documents down the side, questions across the top, one cell per intersection, each carrying the quote it came from.

Corporate and M&A · Corporate and M&A team, deal partner, paralegal

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Due Diligence
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A filled grid across the whole room in one run, unattended; an Executive Brief follows from the same matter the same day.

The problem

A data room is a reading problem before it is a thinking problem. Reading forty-two documents by hand to find the same handful of issues is where the time goes, and a general summary does not tell a partner which cell to check.

  1. Step 01 of 06

    Add the room to the matter

    Forty-two files convert to clean text: customer contracts, the NDA, leases, the loan agreement, employment contracts and the board minute pack.

    Matters · Project Halcyon · SPA warranties and disclosureOpen

    Project Halcyon: SPA warranties and disclosure

    Buy-side warranty review, disclosure analysis and cited due-diligence grid.

    Client
    Halcyon Bidco Ltd
    Reference
    WC-2026-0412
    Practice area
    Corporate / M&A
    Jurisdiction
    England and Wales
    Responsible partner
    E. Vance
    No conflict check on file.

    Chat, on this matter

    Compare warranties with the disclosure letter.

    Three high-priority exceptions require action: the unregistered charge, the change-of-control right and the tribunal claim.

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    1. 25 Aug

      Disclosure exceptions matrix

      Chat

    2. 21 Aug

      Disclosure exceptions matrix

      Run · completed · 560 credits

    3. 18 Aug

      Project Halcyon: Disclosure Letter

      Document · indexed

    4. 16 Aug

      Project Halcyon: Share Purchase Agreement

      Document · indexed

    5. 4 Aug

      Matter opened

      Opened

  2. Step 02 of 06

    Start from a seeded playbook

    The M&A Due Diligence per document playbook arrives with eight columns already written, and a firm-specific column can be added, such as drag-along and consent thresholds.

    Document Review · Hartwell matter · contract screen0/12 filled
    DocumentParties and effective dateTEXTTerm and renewalTEXTLimitation of liabilityTEXTGoverning lawTEXT
    nda-hartwell-meridian.txt
    saas-agreement-northgate.txt
    board-minutes-hartwell.txt

  3. Step 03 of 06

    Run the grid

    Forty-two documents across eight columns fill as the review runs, unattended.

    Document Review · Hartwell matter · contract screen0/12 filled
    DocumentParties and effective dateTEXTTerm and renewalTEXTLimitation of liabilityTEXTGoverning lawTEXT
    nda-hartwell-meridian.txt
    saas-agreement-northgate.txt
    board-minutes-hartwell.txt

  4. Step 04 of 06

    Read the exceptions

    Each filled cell opens on Verified against source with the cited quote. Where a question does not apply, the cell reads Not addressed rather than guessing.

    Document Review · Hartwell matter · contract screen0/12 filled
    DocumentParties and effective dateTEXTTerm and renewalTEXTLimitation of liabilityTEXTGoverning lawTEXT
    nda-hartwell-meridian.txt
    saas-agreement-northgate.txt
    board-minutes-hartwell.txt

  5. Step 05 of 06

    Export and summarise

    The Due Diligence Agent runs an Executive Brief ranking the findings by what could delay or reprice the deal, with a consent schedule and a disclosure schedule.

    Agents · Contract Agent · New runMatter: Northgate · senior associate hire

    Agent

    Jurisdiction

    Prepare for

    Deliver as

    Instruction

    What should the agent look for?

    Documents

    Drop a contract, or pick one from the matter

    Also on the matter

    • Offer_letter_v3.pdf2 pages
    • Staff_handbook_2025.docx61 pages
    • Board_minute_14_Aug.pdf3 pages
    Platform model · zero data retention · audit register on

  6. Step 06 of 06

    Sign off

    The partner reads the brief, opens the grid on the exceptions, ticks the action items and signs off.

    Agents · Contract Agent · Employment Contract Compliance ReviewCompleted

    • Replace the UK/Ireland/EU non-compete with a 3 to 6 month restriction tied to competing corporate-law work.

    • Replace blanket data consent with a lawful-basis clause and a separate monitoring notice.

    • Remove the five-day carry-over cap and reference the statutory carry-over rules.

    • Narrow the client non-solicit to clients dealt with in the final 12 months.

    • Add an explicit working-time opt-out withdrawal mechanism.

    • Confirm the bonus clause states the discretion is exercised in good faith.

A document, not a transcript.

  • A completed grid with a source quote behind every filled cell and Not addressed where a question does not apply.
  • The jurisdiction and governing law mismatch in the NDA, cross-checked against the board minutes.
  • A change-of-control provision flagged in a customer contract, with the consent question named for the client.
  • An Executive Brief ranking findings for the board, with a consent schedule and a disclosure schedule.

Authorities it checks

    Every source it may cite

    What it does not do

    • It does not fill a cell to look complete. A document that does not address a question returns Not addressed.
    • Documents come in by upload today; DMS connectors for SharePoint, OneDrive, iManage and NetDocuments are catalogue tiles, not live integrations.
    • It does not decide whether a consent threshold is met; it names the question for the deal team to confirm.

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