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Aperture Research Works / Business Acquisition

12 specialist acquisition evidence reviews

Choose the precise question your current decision depends on. We group research capabilities into manageable services rather than asking buyers to navigate dozens of isolated tasks.

Price and availability: These specialist reviews are quoted separately after a conflict, jurisdiction, capacity and source-access review. The six core fixed-scope offers have proposed standard prices; those amounts do not automatically apply to these specialist configurations. There is no instant checkout or auto-upgrade.

Searching / early evaluation

Acquisition First-Pass Evidence Screen

Should this opportunity receive more time and diligence spend?

Screening matrix, source-gap list, buyer-fit questions and a decision gate memo.

Evaluating a named target

Acquisition Target Reality Brief

Who is the legal entity, what is its history and which headline claims survive a basic source check?

Corporate identity map, dated chronology, source index, material uncertainties.

Before signing an LOI

Pre-LOI Red Flag Review

What needs to be checked before an important non-binding or binding commitment?

Prioritised red flag register, corroboration record and adviser question pack.

Due diligence / seller statements

Seller Claims Verification

Which selected statements can you safely rely on?

Claim-to-evidence table, contrary evidence, status labels and unresolved requests.

Entity and control

Ownership & Entity History Review

Who owns and controls the relevant business, according to accessible records?

Entity relationship chart, date-based change log and unresolved control questions.

Revenue dependence / contract claims

Customer & Contract Evidence Review

Do the cited customer and contract records support the commercial story?

Contract chronology, claim-source grid, customer concentration evidence gaps.

Operational dependencies

Supplier & Operating Claims Review

How well supported are claims about suppliers, locations and operations?

Dependency matrix, documentary source trail, material gap list and handoff questions.

Regulatory exposure

Licence & Regulatory Evidence Review

Which licence, permit and regulatory assertions are document-supported?

Permit inventory, issuer source references, validity dates and unresolved requirements.

Competing hypotheses

Deal Thesis Evidence Challenge

What could invalidate your most important reasons for buying?

Adversarial hypothesis matrix, cited contradictions, unknowns and next action memo.

Approaching closing

Pre-Close Unresolved Issues Review

Which critical evidence gaps remain and who must resolve them?

Closing evidence gap register, ownership by adviser role and reliance summary.

After acquisition

Post-Close Evidence Baseline

What factual baseline exists for a controlled handover?

Dated source register, confirmed/open status table, continuity handoff list.

Post-close / repeat buyer

Acquisition Intelligence Watch

Which material changes should a buyer be alerted to over time?

Dated change log, source links, materiality classification and periodic written summary.

Paul Hattingh

Research direction and final evidence-quality approval

Xandro Hattingh

Written client communication, scope coordination and follow-up

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