Diligence · Before You Sign

Know what you’re signing into. The whole legal picture, read and signed.

A deal, an investment, a key vendor or an acquisition turns on what is true about the other side — not what the deck says. Legal due diligence is the single read that pulls every strand together: contracts, corporate structure, the regulatory perimeter, IP, AML and disputes, each scored for how much it should move your decision — and signed by the counsel who read it.

Why one read, not six

Risk does not respect practice areas. A weak IP assignment becomes a contract problem, which becomes a regulatory problem, which becomes the reason a round falls through. Run as separate checks, the seams between them are where the surprises hide. We read across the strands at once, against one ruleset, so the report you get is a decision aid — not six inboxes to reconcile.

Built for

Investors and acquirers sizing a target; founders preparing for a round or a sale; companies onboarding a critical vendor, partner or licensee where signing blind is not an option.

Six strands, one read.

Contracts & commitments

Material agreements read for assignment, change-of-control, exclusivity, liability caps and termination traps — the clauses that survive the deal and bind the buyer.

Contract drafting & review

Corporate & structure

Cap table, share classes, governance, and the entity itself — including how a target sits inside, or enters, the EU through its Romanian seat.

Market entry

Regulatory perimeter

Where the product touches GDPR, the AI Act, the Data Act, NIS2 or DORA — and whether the licences, notices and addenda needed to operate are actually in place.

The perimeter, mapped

IP & ownership

Does the company own what it ships? Founder and contractor assignments, open-source obligations, licence-in chains, and the trademarks behind the brand.

KYC / AML & sanctions

Counterparty identity, beneficial ownership and sanctions exposure screened to the standard Legea 129/2019 sets — scaled to the risk, not bolted onto every file.

Disputes & exposure

Live and threatened litigation, indemnities given, and the contingent liabilities that do not appear on a balance sheet until someone calls them.

What lands back

A red-flag report you can act on.

Every finding ranked by how much it should move the decision — deal-breaker, price-or-terms, or note-and-monitor — each pin-cited to the document it came from, with the follow-ups to close before you sign. Plus a data-room checklist so nothing material is left unasked.

The same harness as everything we run: grounded to your documents, judged by a named lawyer, gated before it issues, and signed. How we use AI · Standards as code

Severity, at a glance

  • Deal-breaker — stop and renegotiate, or walk.
  • Price-or-terms — a warranty, indemnity or adjustment.
  • Note-and-monitor — logged, with a watch where the law moves.
Keep the watch on after closing

Scope

Diligence under Romanian and EU law is conducted by a practising Romanian avocat; English-law documents are read as comparative analysis by a solicitor (non-practising), not English-law advice, and any other jurisdiction is coordinated with local counsel — never impersonated. The report supports your decision; it is not a warranty as to the target. Every matter opens with a conflict check, KYC/AML and an engagement letter.