# Due diligence report
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Structure M&A due diligence findings into executive-ready reports with material risks, deal-breaker identification, negotiation leverage points, closing conditions, and post-closing integration risks.

Structure M&A due diligence findings into executive-ready reports with material risks, deal-breaker identification, negotiation leverage points, closing conditions, and post-closing integration risks. Use when compiling legal due diligence findings into board presentations, legal memoranda, or commercial deal reports for mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, or corporate investments. Produces audience-differentiated output in three formats — board/executive, legal/counsel, and commercial/deal team — with risk heat maps, remediation recommendations, and a negotiation playbook. Supports US, UK, and EU transactions. Triggers on "due diligence report", "DD report", "findings report", "deal risk summary", "board presentation M&A", "legal DD memo", "red flag report", "deal-breaker analysis", "negotiation leverage DD", "closing conditions", "post-closing integration risk", or "diligence executive summary". Jurisdiction-agnostic with markers for US, UK, and EU variants.

This skill transforms raw due diligence findings — gathered via checklists, data room review, interviews, and workstream reports — into executive-ready, audience-differentiated reports that drive deal decisions. **Covers:** - Aggregation and classification of findings across all 12 legal due diligence workstreams - Three-tier severity classification: PASS / FLAG / DEAL-BREAKER - Audience-specific report generation: board/executive, legal/counsel, commercial/deal team - Risk heat map: probability × business impact matrix for visual deal-health assessment - Negotiation leverage points: what each finding justifies asking for - Closing conditions: which issues must be resolved before closing - Post-closing integration risks: what needs attention after the transaction closes - Rep & warranty analysis: how findings map to representations and warranties - Remediation paths: what fixes each flagged issue, who owns it, and by when - Quality-verified output with Glass Box audit trail **Does not:** - Generate the due diligence checklist (see `legalcode-ma-due-diligence-checklist`) - Review individual contracts clause by clause (see `legalcode-contract-review`) - Conduct financial or commercial due diligence (financial modeling, market analysis) - Provide legal advice or replace qualified M&A counsel - Apply to one jurisdiction exclusively — jurisdiction-agnostic with [JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC] markers **Related skills:** - `legalcode-ma-due-diligence-checklist` — generates the request list; this skill compiles the findings ...

## Jurisdictions

Global



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