Build a buy-side or sell-side legal due-diligence issues list
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the data room, extract material contracts, change-of-control, litigation and consent items into a risk-ranked issues list with document references.
- What the lawyer must review
- Open every flagged change-of-control clause, including deemed-control definitions
- Check for thresholds such as a 20% trigger: missing one is a deal problem
- Written for / version
- Cth
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes extracting and organising information. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- Review the original source set for relevant material absent from the output, including contrary evidence, qualifications and remaining gaps.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.