Legal Design Thinking: Reimagining Contracts for Growth-Stage Companies

Summary: Growth-stage companies can use legal design thinking to turn contracts into working tools that support sales, hiring, and partnerships. When contract terms align with day-to-day workflows, teams execute faster and leadership gets better data for strategic decisions.  Thoughtful contract structure, clear language, and consistent risk allocation improve enforceability in disputes and signal readiness for Read More

Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Six Tips for Effective Due Diligence

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll created a topsy-turvy world peppered with riddles and puns. That world may feel familiar to anyone who has gone through the due diligence process, where opportunities for misunderstandings are rife. The goal, however, of due diligence is to demystify and clarify, which can best happen when the parties rely on process, structure and well-articulated expectations Read More

Due Diligence Can Make or Break Your M&A Deal

When you’re selling a business, high-quality due diligence is essential to keeping both sides happy. Buyers want to ensure that your business really is what was agreed upon, and if provided poorly conducted due diligence, could back out of the deal. Sellers should ensure that they’re following these guidelines to prevent a deal from falling through. Conduct an Audit Buyers are primarily interested in confirming the Read More