---
title: "Screen pre-completion steps for gun jumping"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity/screen-pre-completion-steps-for-gun-jumping"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A2-TM20261022-1"
practice_area: "Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen pre-completion steps for gun jumping

> Take the list of proposed pre-completion steps the lawyer provides and place each step against one of the three categories in the ACCC fact sheet: sharing current competitively sensitive information beyond due…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity](https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Take the list of proposed pre-completion steps the lawyer provides and place each step against one of the three categories in the ACCC fact sheet: sharing current competitively sensitive information beyond due diligence and integration planning, restricting the target's business, or coordinating pricing, customers or marketing. Note the fact sheet's clean-team example. Do not clear a step. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides which steps must wait until completion, what information a clean team may see, and whether the Competition and Consumer Act is engaged. The lawyer checks the current cartel, section 45 and section 50 provisions. The fact sheet is dated May 2019. |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Trace relied-on content to independent sources and check for relevant material the output has missed.

- What the AI does: Take the list of proposed pre-completion steps the lawyer provides and place each step against one of the three categories in the ACCC fact sheet: sharing current competitively sensitive information beyond due diligence and integration planning, restricting the target's business, or coordinating pricing, customers or marketing. Note the fact sheet's clean-team example. Do not clear a step.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides which steps must wait until completion, what information a clean team may see, and whether the Competition and Consumer Act is engaged. The lawyer checks the current cartel, section 45 and section 50 provisions. The fact sheet is dated May 2019.
- Who reviews: Responsible lawyer with competence in the matter
- Basis: Practical workflow informed by the linked primary sources; the traffic light and working checks are editorial guidance, not a court classification.
- Why: The level reflects what the work is, the consequence of an error, and how much of the output the lawyer must independently re-derive.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Do not treat a signed sale agreement as permission to coordinate. The fact sheet says the parties must keep competing until completion.
2. Do not copy the penalty figures in the May 2019 fact sheet into advice. The lawyer checks the current Act.
3. Flag a clause that sends the target's customers to the buyer before completion. That is the conduct the fact sheet describes in the Cryosite case study.
4. Keep the hold list off the integration plan that is circulated to the business.

## Notes

- These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.

## Sources

- [ACCC, Gun jumping risks for merger transactions (fact sheet, May 2019)](https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/1565_Gun%20jumping%20fact%20sheet_FA.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/practice/mergers-and-acquisitions-private-equity/screen-pre-completion-steps-for-gun-jumping/united-states.md) | Yellow |

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*