Deal Mechanics & Buyer EducationMarch 30, 20263 min read
The Diligence Timeline: A Week-by-Week Breakdown
Where technical diligence sits inside the wider transaction schedule, and which decisions depend on it.
Technical diligence does not run in isolation. It shares a clock with financial, legal, and commercial workstreams, and its findings feed documents drafted in parallel.
A typical exclusivity period
- Week one: access, scoping, and financial kickoff
- Weeks two and three: technical fieldwork alongside quality of earnings
- Week four: findings consolidated into the purchase agreement drafting
- Weeks five and six: remediation conditions and escrow negotiation
Technical findings that arrive after drafting begins carry far less weight. Timing is leverage.
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