Legal Due Diligence · glossary
The agreement the buyer signs before it sees any confidential information. It limits how the information may be used and who may see it. It does not oblige the seller to disclose anything, or promise that what it discloses is true. Chapter 1 · Chapter 2
Explained in Chapter 1, What Due Diligence Is For, of Legal Due Diligence.
Diligence runs between agreeing a deal in outline and signing it. Before it starts, the buyer signs a confidentiality agreement (NDA), promising not to use or pass on what it reads. The parties also agree non-binding heads of terms, which record the intended price and main terms.Read Chapter 1, What Due Diligence Is For →
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