M&A
Transaction management for share and asset deals, from instruction to post-completion integration.
Active transaction
Acquisition of Oakbridge Software Ltd
Share purchase · England & Wales · Locked box
- Buyer
- Northgate Holdings Ltd
- Seller
- Oakbridge Founders
- Target
- Oakbridge Software Ltd
- Deal value
- £12,500,000
- Structure
- Share purchase
- Responsible partner
- Rebecca Lang
- Senior associate
- Daniel Price
- Trainee / paralegal
- Amara Wells
- Current stage
- Due diligence and SPA negotiation
- Completion target
- 30 days
M&A transaction stages
Currently at due diligence and SPA negotiation (stages 11–26).
- ✓Instruction received
- ✓Conflict check
- ✓Client onboarding
- ✓AML / KYB
- ✓Engagement letter
- ✓Deal structure confirmed
- ✓Heads of terms reviewed
- ✓NDA prepared / reviewed
- ✓Data room opened
- ✓Due diligence request list prepared
- ✓Corporate due diligence
- ✓Financial due diligence coordination
- ✓Tax due diligence coordination
- ✓Commercial due diligence
- ✓Employment due diligence
- ✓IP / technology due diligence
- ✓Data protection due diligence
- ✓Litigation due diligence
- ✓Property due diligence
- ✓Material contracts review
- ✓Regulatory review
- ✓Competition / antitrust check
- ✓Foreign investment / national security screening check
- ✓Transaction risk register created
- ✓SPA first draft
- 26SPA negotiation
- 27Disclosure letter review
- 28Warranty review
- 29Indemnity review
- 30Limitation of liability review
- 31Completion accounts / locked box review
- 32Earn-out provisions review
- 33Conditions precedent checklist
- 34Board approvals
- 35Shareholder approvals
- 36Ancillary documents prepared
- 37Completion deliverables checklist
- 38Signing
- 39Completion
- 40Post-completion filings
- 41Registry filings where applicable
- 42Post-completion integration checklist
- 43Matter closure
M&A AI actions
Transaction document analysis and drafting. Partner approval required on SPA and disclosure outputs.
Draft only — lawyer review required.