This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Business Law stream. 

This session considers the following issues:

• Why do due diligence?
• Caveat Emptor
• What precisely is due diligence?
• Checking against what?
• Statements and Assumptions
• What can be disclosed by vendor
• Limiting the scope of the due diligence exercise
• Preliminary comments on identifying material risks
• Understanding the Business
• Who participates in, or co-ordinates, due diligence exercises?
• Contractual due diligence periods
• Controlling and managing the flow of information
• Dealing with an online data room
• What information should the data room contain
• The contractual significance of due diligence disclosure material
• The disclosure letter
• Specific issues
• Due diligence and OHS
• The due diligence report