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Purpose: Clarifies whether software or technology has the substance, control and transferability that the claimed value assumes.

Typical use cases: investment, acquisition, licensing, transfer or strategic partnership.

What is reviewed: technical substance, IP chain, control, security, dependencies, transferability and value-bearing assumptions.

Typical deliverables: decision report with risks, uncertainties, verified assumptions and recommendations for terms, price, remedial actions or deeper review.

Suitable clients: PE, VC, industrial buyers, M&A teams and law firms.

Review level: choose red flag for rapid screening, integrity review for standard review and enhanced review where technical specialists should verify architecture, code, security or open source.

Purpose: Assesses whether a SaaS, AI or technology supplier is controllable, contractually manageable and suitable to build a strategic dependency on.

Typical use cases: procurement, supplier onboarding, renewal, outsourcing or major platform selection.

What is reviewed: data flows, security level, subcontractors, exit options, contracts, responsibility, regulatory exposure and operational control.

Typical deliverables: supplier decision note with risk classification, contractual issues, required clarifications and potential stop points.

Suitable clients: in-house legal, procurement, compliance, IT and management.

Review level: red flag for early supplier screening, integrity review before decision and enhanced review where technical or regulatory risk is high.

Purpose: Clarifies actual AI use and whether it is controllable, documented, regulatorily defensible and practically governable.

Typical use cases: AI adoption, AI supplier review, board material, sensitive regulatory use or investor questions.

What is reviewed: AI-related claims, data flows, model and supplier dependencies, responsibility, documentation maturity and organisational control.

Typical deliverables: AI governance report with findings, risk levels, uncertainty markers, recommended decision points and documentation needs.

Suitable clients: management, boards, AI vendors, SaaS companies, compliance and investors.

Review level: red flag for initial exposure, integrity review for decision material and enhanced review where an AI/ML technical specialist should be involved.

Purpose: Complements legal DD and transaction work when technology, software, AI, data, IP, security or supplier dependencies are central to the deal or dispute.

Typical use cases: legal DD, transaction, dispute, supplier conflict, disclosures or contract negotiation.

What is reviewed: technical and commercial assumptions that need to be translated into legally usable conclusions.

Typical deliverables: material for warranties, terms, disclosures, remedial actions, deeper review or negotiation positions.

Suitable clients: law firms, M&A teams, litigators and in-house counsel.

Review level: red flag for transaction screening, integrity review for decision report and enhanced review where technical specialist assessment is required.

Purpose: Identifies legal gaps and control weaknesses that have accumulated over time around software, AI, data, contracts, suppliers and internal processes.

Typical use cases: rapid growth, investment readiness, major customer contracts, AI adoption, product changes, supplier changes, or situations where contracts and internal governance documents no longer reflect the actual business.

What is reviewed: contract structure, allocation of responsibility, data protection, AI governance, IP, supplier dependencies, internal governance documents, customer commitments and documentation gaps.

Typical deliverables: prioritised risk and action plan with material gaps, recommended remediation order and issues that should be documented, renegotiated or escalated.

Suitable clients: SaaS companies, AI companies, technology companies, companies preparing for investment, in-house legal, management and boards.

Review level: red flag for rapid overview, integrity review for structured review and enhanced review where technical specialist input or deeper contract/data review should be included.