This checklist is built for the UK lower-mid-market corp-dev director running a bolt-on inside a PE-backed group on a two-week scoping window. It assembles the workstream-level investigations a defensible diligence file would contain, statute-anchored to UK primary legislation and named regulator guidance.

Editorial standard

Every numeric or substantive claim is sourced. Where UK transaction-services fees are quote-only by industry practice, the page states so without invention. Statutes are cited by short title and section (for example "ECCTA 2023 s.199") and link to legislation.gov.uk at the point of reading.

What this is not

Not legal advice. Not tax advice. Not adviser introduction. A working checklist a corp-dev director can lift, annotate and share before instructing the relevant professional. Always confirm position with an appointed adviser before signing.

Author

Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder of Digital Signet. Independent publisher. Maintains the checklist on a 90-day review cycle anchored to current UK statute.

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