Legal Due Diligence · glossary

Workstream

One lane of the review by subject, such as tax or employment, with its own reviewer, data room folder and section of the report. Sunrise had nine. What the target is decides which one leads. Chapter 2 · Chapter 3

Explained in Chapter 2, The Cast and the Setup, of Legal Due Diligence.

How it comes up, in Chapter 3
Each legal area in the scope is a workstream: a lane of the review with its own reviewer, its own section of the report and its own share of the budget. Sunrise had nine (§2.1). The lanes are standard, but the weight each one gets depends on what the target is.
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