Disclosure Schedules

Disclosure schedules are a critical part of acquisition agreements and typically a core responsibility of junior attorneys on M&A deals. They provide a window into both the primary deal agreement and the company being acquired. To make sure disclosure schedules are accurate and complete, a junior attorney must review the corresponding provisions of the main agreement. To make sure the buyer is aware of all the material information about the company they're working to acquire, a buy-side junior attorney must review the latest disclosure schedules for anything newly disclosed and not yet reviewed as part of diligence (see Doing Due Diligence). In this course, we explore these points of intersection, in addition to practical knowledge, skills, and pointers to help a junior lawyer work effectively with disclosure schedules.