Due diligence checklist: share purchase

Legal due diligence checklist for the acquisition of a private limited company, whether a standalone company or the holding company of a corporate group which is being sold.

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When do I use this document?

  • for the legal due diligence for a company acquisition
  • as initial requests for the sellers and company to answer and provide supporting documents

What are the key features?

  • requests in tabular form, with the answers to be inserted in the table
  • requests covering 9 main subject areas, including:
    • corporate
    • contracts
    • litigation and compliance
    • assets
    • intellectual property
    • commercial property
    • employees
    • finance and insurance
    • taxation

What other documents are available?

For a form of due diligence checklist for a business purchase transaction, see

When do I use this document?

  • for the legal due diligence for a company acquisition
  • as initial requests for the sellers and company to answer and provide supporting documents

What are the key features?

  • requests in tabular form, with the answers to be inserted in the table
  • requests covering 9 main subject areas, including:
    • corporate
    • contracts
    • litigation and compliance
    • assets
    • intellectual property
    • commercial property
    • employees
    • finance and insurance
    • taxation

What other documents are available?

For a form of due diligence checklist for a business purchase transaction, see

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Updated by a lawyer on 23/05/2023

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