The due diligence process helps the investor determine if its initial decision to provide funding is based on accurate information. As such, investors check your finances, your company’s structure, legal documents, key personnel, employment contracts, vendors, clients and more.
A Non-Disclosure Agreement is a contract used to maintain privacy in agreements where sensitive information is exchanged between two parties. This NDA has been designed to protect the disclosing party and should generally be used as your first option when it is only one party who has information to protect and the other is only receiving this information. Ultimately, it is designed to prevent the unlawful disclosure of confidential information.
This agreement:
A Legal Health Check can be referred to as a current and comprehensive evaluation of the crucial legal elements of your business. It provides you with several questions that help you understand your legal successes and pitfalls from the point of view of an external expert. This involves a comprehensive diagnostic on legal upkeep, regulation adherence and compliance within your business, and a report highlighting any potential exposure to risk or liability that you might have. The report will define the strength of the business while pointing out ways of improving your legal landscape.
The area of questioning include:
Business Formalisation and Structuring
Director Relationships and Corporate Governance
Fundraising and Financing
Intellectual Property
Website management
Employment and Labour management
Supplier chain stakeholder management
Property