Due Diligence
GlobalB Law conducts comprehensive legal due diligence for investors, acquirors, and founders, identifying risks, structuring protections, and producing actionable findings across Turkish, US, and EU law.
Legal due diligence is the systematic review of a target company's legal affairs to identify risks that could affect valuation, deal structure, or post-closing liability. GlobalB Law conducts due diligence for venture capital and private equity investors, strategic acquirors, and founders who need a credible assessment of their own company before a fundraise or sale process. Our reviews are structured, risk-rated, and designed to inform commercial decisions, not just to catalogue documents.
Our standard due diligence scope covers corporate records and cap table integrity, intellectual property ownership and freedom-to-operate, data protection compliance under KVKK and GDPR, employment matters including ESOP documentation and non-compete agreements, material commercial contracts, pending and threatened litigation, and sector-specific regulatory compliance. For technology companies, IP ownership, particularly the chain of title from individual developers to the company, is often the most critical workstream.
We also conduct cross-border due diligence for transactions where the target operates across multiple jurisdictions. In these cases, we coordinate Turkish law findings with international co-counsel on US, EU, or other local law matters, producing a single consolidated report with consistent risk ratings. Our findings reports distinguish clearly between deal-breakers, material risks that require contractual protection, and minor issues that can be remedied post-closing.
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How long does a legal due diligence review typically take?
The timeline depends on the size and complexity of the target company and the scope of the review. For a typical early-stage technology company, a focused due diligence review can be completed in one to two weeks. For larger or more complex companies, particularly those with multiple subsidiaries, pending litigation, or complex regulatory positions, allow three to four weeks. We scope and timeline each engagement at the outset.
What is the most common legal risk found in Turkish technology companies?
The most common material risks we encounter in Turkish tech company diligence are: unclear IP ownership (particularly when software was developed by freelancers or former employees without proper assignment agreements), KVKK non-compliance (data processing activities without valid legal bases or proper data subject rights mechanisms), and missing or poorly drafted ESOP documentation. We address all three systematically.
Should a company conduct its own due diligence before a fundraise?
Yes, a vendor or founder due diligence review (sometimes called a 'pre-deal diligence') gives founders the opportunity to identify and remediate legal issues before investors find them. Issues discovered during investor diligence can delay closings, reduce valuations, or require price adjustments. Addressing them proactively strengthens the founder's negotiating position.
What is a data room and how should it be organised?
A data room is a secure digital repository of the company's legal and commercial documents provided to prospective investors or acquirors. A well-organised data room should be structured by topic, corporate, IP, employment, contracts, regulatory, litigation, and every document should be current and complete. We advise on data room preparation and review incoming investor requests to ensure nothing is provided that creates unintended disclosure risk.
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