Carve-outs, divestitures and spin-offs create factual questions that are easy to state and sometimes difficult to prove.
Commercial continuity does not necessarily establish legal-entity continuity. Brand continuity does not necessarily establish ownership of every relevant right. A registration may belong to an establishment, product, entity, system or qualifying person rather than the business name familiar to customers.
CARVE may examine
Entity continuity
Regulatory lineage
Operating rights
Licensing perimeter
Asset provenance
IP and brand transfer
Certifications and registrations
Post-close continuity
Professional boundary
CARVE complements transaction and specialist diligence. It does not replace legal advice, regulatory authority, accounting, tax, engineering or other reserved professional judgement.
Aperture identifies where transaction documents, regulator confirmation or specialist advice must take over.