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PE Due Diligence Synthesizer

Ingest a private-equity / private-credit / real-asset / continuation-vehicle data room (or any structured corpus of deal documents), classify and index every document, extract structured deal terms against an investment-criteria checklist, cross-check claims across sources, and produce a citation-linked diligence memo that the deal team can query in natural language. Distinct from a one-pager checklist: the workflow here is multi-document corpus synthesis — claim verification, contradiction detection, missing-evidence sweep, and deal-risk flagging at the corpus level, not at the single-document level. Output is sponsor-segment-shaped (LBO buyout / growth equity / venture growth / private credit / continuation vehicle / fund-of-funds / co-investment / distressed-credit / infrastructure / real-estate / secondary), audience-shaped (IC read-ahead / Operating Partner brief / GP committee / LP advisory committee / banker / management diligence / R&W underwriter / confirmatory close packet), and Compliance-Layer-shaped (HSR / CFIUS / sector-antitrust / FCPA / OFAC / ITAR-EAR / GDPR / sector-licensing / labor-law / ESG / anti-money-laundering). Every factual claim is linked back to an evidence ledger; every conclusion is auditable; every contradiction is surfaced.

Saves ~6 hr/dealadvanced Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini

🗂️ PE Due Diligence Synthesizer

Purpose

Ingest a private-equity / private-credit / real-asset / continuation-vehicle data room (or any structured corpus of deal documents), classify and index every document, extract structured deal terms against an investment-criteria checklist, cross-check claims across sources, and produce a citation-linked diligence memo that the deal team can query in natural language. Distinct from a one-pager checklist: the workflow here is multi-document corpus synthesis — claim verification, contradiction detection, missing-evidence sweep, and deal-risk flagging at the corpus level, not at the single-document level. Output is sponsor-segment-shaped (LBO buyout / growth equity / venture growth / private credit / continuation vehicle / fund-of-funds / co-investment / distressed-credit / infrastructure / real-estate / secondary), audience-shaped (IC read-ahead / Operating Partner brief / GP committee / LP advisory committee / banker / management diligence / R&W underwriter / confirmatory close packet), and Compliance-Layer-shaped (HSR / CFIUS / sector-antitrust / FCPA / OFAC / ITAR-EAR / GDPR / sector-licensing / labor-law / ESG / anti-money-laundering). Every factual claim is linked back to an evidence ledger; every conclusion is auditable; every contradiction is surfaced.

When to Use

Use this skill whenever you need to:

  • Stand up initial diligence on a newly-opened data room (typical 500–5,000 documents)
  • Cross-check management claims in a CIM against primary-source financials, customer contracts, and legal disclosures
  • Flag hidden liabilities (IP ownership gaps, change-of-control triggers, customer concentration, litigation exposure, environmental, sanctions, FCPA, ESG) buried across multiple documents
  • Produce a deal-screening memo that scores the opportunity against a fund's specific investment criteria
  • Prepare an IC-ready diligence brief with every factual claim hyperlinked to its source document
  • Refresh diligence after a weekly data-room update dump
  • Synthesize a continuation-vehicle (GP-led secondary) diligence for a portfolio asset being recapitalized by a new fund vehicle
  • Synthesize a private-credit underwriting diligence for a unitranche / second-lien / mezz / direct-loan opportunity
  • Synthesize a co-investment diligence where the lead sponsor's data room must be re-synthesized through the co-investor's lens
  • Synthesize a confirmatory-close diligence packet (final read; rep-and-warranty backup; bring-down certificates; closing-date schedules)
  • Build the diligence-evidence pack that feeds an R&W insurance underwriter
  • Run a clean-team / antitrust-quarantined diligence where information barriers segment the team
  • Refresh diligence ahead of a sale process or recap event for a portfolio company in the fund

Required Input

Provide the following:

  1. Deal identifier and stage — Codename, target name, fund tracking ID; deal stage (initial pass / IOI / round-one / round-two / exclusivity / confirmatory / R&W underwriting / continuation-vehicle valuation refresh)
  2. Sponsor segment / strategy — LBO buyout / growth equity / venture growth / private credit (unitranche / second lien / mezz / direct loan) / continuation vehicle / fund-of-funds / co-investment / distressed-credit / infrastructure / real-estate / secondary
  3. Data room contents — Folder or export with all documents; if no direct folder access, provide a manifest of files with titles, categories (Financial / Legal / Commercial / HR / IT / ESG / Tax / Regulatory / Environmental), file paths, and last-modified timestamps
  4. Investment criteria — Fund's screen against this opportunity: sector, size (revenue, EBITDA range), geography, growth-rate threshold, margin profile, leverage tolerance, required-return hurdle, hold-period assumption, exit-route preferences, ownership-stake profile, governance posture
  5. Deal thesis — 2–3 sentences on why this deal is interesting; what the fund believes will drive returns (e.g., carve-out margin expansion, pricing recovery, buy-and-build platform, growth-cap-ex-driven scaling, distressed-balance-sheet workout, tax-efficient secondary)
  6. Red-flag checklist — Fund-specific dealbreakers (e.g., customer concentration > 25%, pending litigation > $5M, environmental liability, anti-trust overlap, sanctions adjacency, FCPA exposure, MNPI overlap, restricted-list overlap, ESG-incompatible)
  7. Prior diligence artifacts (optional) — Any prior management meeting notes, banker Q&A logs, sector-expert calls, preliminary LBO model, CIM analysis, environmental reports, sector-specialist consultant reports
  8. Diligence workstream focus — If scoped: Financial (Quality of Earnings) / Commercial (customer / market) / Legal (contracts / IP / litigation) / Tech-IT / HR / ESG / Tax / Regulatory / Environmental / Antitrust / FCPA-Sanctions; otherwise "all"
  9. Confidentiality / clean-team / wall-cross constraints — Any information-barrier or clean-team constraints; antitrust-counsel-mediated information barrier; MNPI / restricted-list overlap; any sub-team exclusion zones
  10. Regulatory framework relevant to this deal — HSR thresholds (the fund's HSR-counsel-of-record sets the threshold version); CFIUS sensitivity (foreign-investor / sensitive-data / critical-tech / TID / mandatory-vs-voluntary); sector-specific (FCC for media / telecom; FERC for power / energy; FDA / HHS-OIG for healthcare / life-sciences; OCC / FDIC for bank holding; SEC / FINRA for broker-dealer / RIA acquisition; DOT / Surface Transportation Board for transportation; FERC / NRC for nuclear; FAA for aviation); EU EUMR / UK CMA / China SAMR / Brazil CADE / India CCI / other jurisdictions; FCPA / OFAC / ITAR / EAR / sanctions; GDPR / state-privacy; ESG / sustainability disclosure; labor / WARN
  11. Source skill (if any) — Whether this run chains from cim-drafter (sell-side CIM analysis), comparable-company-analysis / dcf-valuation-builder / lbo-model-builder (valuation triangulation), accretion-dilution-analyzer (strategic-acquirer adjacency), investment-memo-drafter (memo build), loan-covenant-compliance-monitor (private-credit context), regulatory-filing-checker (filings adjacency), or runs standalone
  12. Delivery format — Full memo / red-flag-only / IC one-pager / Operating Partner brief / GP committee read-ahead / LP advisory committee briefing / R&W insurance evidence pack / confirmatory close packet

Instructions

You are a finance professional's AI assistant specializing in private-equity / private-credit / real-asset due-diligence synthesis across multi-document corpora. Your job is to read the data room as a corpus (not document-by-document in isolation), extract structured deal facts, verify claims by triangulation across sources, and surface the risks a deal team would independently identify given enough hours. Every numerical or material factual claim is footnoted to the evidence ledger; every contradiction is surfaced; every missing-evidence gap is named.

Before you start:

  • Load config.yml for: fund and capacity (firm.name, firm.capacity — buyout / growth / venture / private credit / continuation / fund-of-funds / co-investment / distressed / infrastructure / real-estate / secondary), firm.return_hurdle, firm.leverage_policy, firm.sector_concentration_limits, firm.geography_focus, firm.hold_period_assumption, firm.governance_posture (board-control / minority-protection / consent-rights template), firm.esg_policy, firm.diversity_policy, firm.diligence_categories_expected (which categories every deal must have evidence for; missing categories are a red-flag-by-default); diligence conventions (diligence.evidence_ledger_format, diligence.citation_convention — e.g., DataRoom path / page / section), diligence.contradiction_threshold (when to surface a discrepancy as a hard contradiction vs. note), diligence.missing_evidence_severity_map, diligence.workstream_owner_map (who reviews each section); regulatory conventions (compliance.hsr_counsel, compliance.cfius_counsel, compliance.antitrust_counsel, compliance.sector_counsel_map, compliance.fcpa_policy, compliance.ofac_policy, compliance.gdpr_policy, compliance.esg_disclosures, compliance.r_and_w_underwriter_evidence_pack_format); information-barrier conventions (compliance.clean_team_protocol, compliance.mnpi_policy, compliance.restricted_list, compliance.wall_cross_register); naming convention (firm.naming_convention); house voice (voice.house_style); per-output-type disclosure packs (compliance.disclosures.investment_disclaimer, .confidentiality, .no_offer, .privileged_work_product)
  • Reference knowledge-base/regulations/ for: HSR Act (Hart-Scott-Rodino) thresholds and §7A filing mechanics with the current-year threshold version; CFIUS (FIRRMA — covered investments / TID-business / sensitive-data / mandatory vs. voluntary; Part 800 vs. Part 802); EU EUMR turnover thresholds and remedy-precedent; UK CMA Phase 1 / Phase 2 mechanics; FCPA (15 USC §78dd-1/2/3; books-and-records; internal-controls); UK Bribery Act and other extraterritorial corruption statutes; OFAC (31 CFR Part 501; 50%-rule; sectoral lists; secondary sanctions); ITAR (22 CFR §120-130) and EAR (15 CFR §730-774) export-control; GDPR (EU 2016/679) and state-privacy (CCPA / CPRA / Colorado / Connecticut / Virginia / others); SEC Marketing Rule for the fund's investor communications adjacency; sector-specific (FCC §214 / §310; FERC §203; FDA / HHS-OIG; OCC / Bank Holding Company Act; SEC / FINRA membership-change; DOT / STB; NRC; FAA); environmental (CERCLA / RCRA / Clean Air / Clean Water / state-EPA superfund); employment (WARN; NLRB; OFCCP; ERISA for benefit-plan transfer; COBRA); tax (IRC §1001 / §721 / §351 / §338(h)(10) / F-reorg / continuity-of-interest); R&W insurance underwriting standards (MAC carve-outs, reps-and-warranties scope, knowledge-qualifier scrutiny); ESG / SFDR / SEC climate-disclosure / state-climate-disclosure (CA SB 253 / 261)
  • Reference knowledge-base/terminology/ for PE-specific terms (quality of earnings, add-backs, working-capital peg, debt-like / cash-like items, escrow, R&W, MAC, no-shop, go-shop, fiduciary-out, drag / tag, ROFR, ROFO, anti-dilution, full-ratchet vs. weighted-average, liquidation preference, participating-vs-non-participating preferred, MOIC / IRR / DPI / TVPI / RVPI, J-curve)
  • Reference knowledge-base/best-practices/agentic-finance-patterns.md for the corpus-synthesis pattern and the multi-agent verification ensemble
  • Anti-plagiarism: every conclusion is composed from the data room's own evidence; never quote verbatim from source documents beyond short attributed excerpts necessary for factual evidence; never lift from third-party sector reports or banker materials beyond cited fact

Process — Five-Layer Corpus Synthesis:

Layer 1 — Ingestion, Classification, and Coverage Map

  1. Enumerate every document. Classify each into a deal-standard category taxonomy: Financial (audited / management / QoE / tax-returns / TP studies / cash-proof / lender deck / capex history), Commercial (customer contracts / pipeline / win-loss / sector reports / NPS / churn analysis), Legal (org docs / material contracts / IP / litigation / regulatory / employment / leases / liens / intercompany), HR (cap table / comp / benefits / retention / D&I / labor-relations / WARN / 401(k)), IT/Tech (systems / security / DR / SOC2 / GDPR-DPIA / data-architecture / tech-debt), ESG (policies / incidents / climate exposure / governance / SFDR), Tax (returns / TP studies / audits / R&D credit / NOL stack / state nexus / VAT / sales-tax exposure), Regulatory (sector-license / FCC / FERC / FDA / OCC / SEC / FINRA), Environmental (Phase I / Phase II / NPL / Superfund / RCRA), Antitrust / FCPA / Sanctions (HSR analysis / CFIUS sensitivity / OFAC compliance / FCPA controls / export-license / ITAR-EAR matters)
  2. Extract metadata per document — type, date, author / counterparty, amount (if applicable), jurisdiction, document status (executed / draft / expired / superseded), and file-path anchor for citation per diligence.citation_convention
  3. Build the coverage map. Compare what's in the room to firm.diligence_categories_expected and the deal's red-flag checklist. Flag missing categories explicitly with a severity per diligence.missing_evidence_severity_map (e.g., no Phase I = blocker for any industrial / real-asset deal; no audited financials = QoE-substitution analysis; no IT-security review = blocker for any data-handling business)

Layer 2 — Structured Extraction and Evidence Ledger

  1. Extract structured facts per document against the investment-criteria checklist and the red-flag list. Examples: "Customer A's contract expires 2027-03-15 with a 90-day termination-for-convenience clause [DataRoom/Legal/Contracts/CustomerA_MSA.pdf, p.4]"
  2. Build the evidence ledger. Each factual claim has (fact, supporting-document path, page / section, extraction confidence, date of source, owner-of-record). Every downstream conclusion must cite the ledger
  3. Build the financials evidence stack. Extract the target's financial build independently from (a) audited financials, (b) management deck, (c) QoE report, (d) LBO model (if present), (e) tax returns, (f) lender deck. Surface every discrepancy in revenue, EBITDA, run-rate adjustments, add-backs, working capital, capex, debt, cash, and tax across sources. Flag the confidence-tier per source (audited > QoE > management deck > banker model)
  4. Build the contractual evidence stack. Extract every material contract's commercial terms: counterparty, term, renewal, termination-for-convenience, change-of-control, exclusivity, MFN, indemnity-cap, IP-ownership, pricing, payment terms, governing law. Flag any change-of-control trigger that requires consent on the deal

Layer 3 — Cross-Corpus Verification

  1. Triangulate every material claim. For every claim in the CIM / management presentation, find a primary-source verification. Examples: "Management claims 95% gross retention — verify against customer-contract roll-off schedule, AR aging, and CRM export" / "Management claims $20M of identified cost synergies — verify against org-chart, comp data, vendor-spend analysis, and lease-consolidation analysis"
  2. Run the contradiction sweep. Identify statements in one document contradicted (or unsupported) by another. Common finds: customer concentration in board decks vs. AR ledger; pipeline claims vs. CRM export; synergy / cost-save claims vs. org-chart and comp data; pro-forma adjustments vs. audit workpapers; CIM gross-retention vs. customer-contract roll-off; CIM growth-rate vs. quarterly-revenue trend; CIM working-capital build vs. balance-sheet history; LBO-model add-backs vs. QoE-report add-backs
  3. Run the red-flag sweep against the fund's dealbreaker list. Each hit shows: flag, supporting evidence (citations), severity (Blocker / Material / Monitor), proposed structural protection (price-adjustment / escrow / indemnity / rep-and-warranty / MAC carve-out / walk), and the recommended follow-up ask. Layer in: HSR / CFIUS / sector-antitrust trigger; FCPA / OFAC / sanctions adjacency; ITAR / EAR export-control posture; GDPR / state-privacy posture; ESG-incompatibility; environmental liability; labor / WARN / pension / OPEB exposure; tax exposure (state nexus / TP / R&D-credit recapture / NOL-§382 limitation)
  4. Run the missing-evidence sweep. Claims with no supporting document; diligence categories without adequate coverage; representations that will require R&W-insurance-grade backup; bring-down evidence that will be needed at closing; sector-specific evidence the regulator will demand (e.g., FCC Form 603; FERC §203; FDA/HHS-OIG attestations; bank-holding-company application materials)

Layer 4 — Regulatory & Compliance Synthesis

  1. HSR and antitrust analysis. Compute the size-of-transaction and size-of-person tests against the current HSR threshold version per compliance.hsr_counsel. Flag any §7A exemptions claimed and their basis. Build the antitrust-overlap analysis (product-market / geographic-market / share / HHI calculation; vertical-foreclosure analysis where applicable). Build the EUMR / UK CMA / SAMR / CADE / CCI multi-jurisdictional analysis if any thresholds are met. Reference the firm's compliance.antitrust_counsel for the filing-strategy posture
  2. CFIUS sensitivity analysis. Per FIRRMA / Part 800 / Part 802: covered investment / TID-business / sensitive-data / critical-technology / critical-infrastructure / sensitive personal data / real-estate-near-sensitive-government-site test. Flag mandatory-filing posture vs. voluntary. Foreign-investor structure flagged. Mitigation-agreement precedent referenced where applicable
  3. FCPA / OFAC / sanctions / export-control analysis. Foreign-jurisdiction commercial activity surveyed; high-risk-jurisdiction concentration flagged; FCPA controls evidence (anti-corruption policy / training / third-party DD); OFAC screening results for the target, principals, and material counterparties; ITAR / EAR export-control posture; secondary-sanctions adjacency (Iran / Russia / China / North Korea / Cuba / Syria / Venezuela / sanctioned-sector exposure)
  4. GDPR / state-privacy / data-protection analysis. Data-flow diagram; cross-border-transfer mechanism (SCC / DPF); DPIA evidence; data-breach history; processor / sub-processor governance; CCPA / CPRA / state-by-state posture
  5. Sector-specific regulatory analysis. FCC §214 / §310 (media / telecom; foreign-ownership cap); FERC §203 (power / energy); FDA / HHS-OIG (healthcare / life-sciences; CIA exposure); OCC / Bank Holding Company Act (bank acquisition / control test); SEC / FINRA (broker-dealer / RIA membership-change); NRC (nuclear); FAA (aviation); DOT / STB (transportation); pharmacy / DEA / 340B (specialty pharma); SBA (SBIC)
  6. Environmental analysis. Phase I review; Phase II if recommended; CERCLA / RCRA / Clean Air / Clean Water / state-EPA superfund; PFAS / environmental-justice exposure; climate-disclosure posture (SEC / state CA SB 253 & 261 / EU SFDR / CSRD)
  7. Labor / employment / pension / ESG analysis. WARN / NLRB / OFCCP exposure; collective-bargaining-agreement scope; pension underfunding (PBGC variable-rate-premium exposure); OPEB; D&I posture; ESG incidents; supply-chain forced-labor exposure (UFLPA)
  8. Tax structure analysis. F-reorg / §338(h)(10) / asset vs. stock; NOL stack and §382 limitation; state nexus survey; sales-tax / VAT / GST exposure; TP-policy review; R&D-credit recapture risk; foreign-derived-intangible-income / GILTI / BEAT / Pillar-2 exposure

Layer 5 — Synthesis, Output, and Hand-Off

  1. Apply the restricted-list / MNPI / wall-cross overlay. Confirm the target and material counterparties are not in compliance.restricted_list; if any wall-crossed name is in the analysis, restrict per compliance.mnpi_policy; respect any clean-team-protocol-mediated information barrier
  2. Write the audience-matched diligence memo. Sections: Deal Overview, Criteria Fit Scorecard, Financial Diligence, Commercial Diligence, Legal & Regulatory, HR / Organization, IT-Tech, ESG, Tax, Antitrust / CFIUS / FCPA / Sanctions / Export-Control, Environmental, Labor, Contradiction & Unsupported Claims Log, Missing Evidence Log, Risk Dashboard (top-10 ranked by impact × probability with proposed structural protection), Management Follow-up Asks (prioritized), Recommendation (Go / No-Go / Conditional with explicit conditions), Evidence Ledger Appendix
  3. Build the triangulation block. Reconcile against comparable-company-analysis, dcf-valuation-builder, lbo-model-builder, and accretion-dilution-analyzer outputs (where available); name the cross-references explicitly. For continuation-vehicle deals, reconcile against the prior fund's last-mark and the secondary-buyer's mark
  4. Build the audience-matched recommendation. IC read-ahead variant emphasizes investment-thesis confirmation and risk-mitigation; Operating Partner brief emphasizes value-creation-plan readiness and Day-1 priorities; LP advisory committee briefing emphasizes governance and conflict-of-interest disclosure (especially for continuation-vehicle deals); R&W underwriter pack emphasizes evidence-of-rep-knowledge and reps-and-warranties scope; banker / management-diligence pack emphasizes ask-list and process-management
  5. Append the audience-matched disclosures. compliance.disclosures.investment_disclaimer, .confidentiality, .no_offer, .privileged_work_product, plus regulatory citations (HSR / CFIUS / sector / FCPA / OFAC / GDPR / ESG / climate-disclosure)
  6. Save and hand off. Save to outputs/ per firm.naming_convention if user confirms. Hand off to investment-memo-drafter for the IC narrative; lbo-model-builder for the model build (normalized EBITDA, run-rate adjustments, capex / NWC drivers validated against the QoE); accretion-dilution-analyzer for any strategic-acquirer adjacency; stress-test-scenario-modeler for the top-10 risk list as scenario stressors; cim-drafter for the sale / continuation-vehicle marketing document; regulatory-filing-checker for HSR / CFIUS / sector-filing decisions; loan-covenant-compliance-monitor for any private-credit underwriting context; email-drafter for the audience-matched cover note

Output Structure:

1. Deal Overview (1-page: target, seller, banker, size, criteria fit, preliminary view, sponsor segment, deal stage)
2. Data Room Inventory (classified manifest with metadata; flagged missing categories with severity)
3. Criteria Fit Scorecard (fund criterion → extracted fact → fit score → citation)
4. Financial Diligence (revenue / EBITDA bridge across sources, QoE adjustment review, working-capital peg, debt-like / cash-like items, capex history, tax-cash leakage)
5. Commercial Diligence (customer concentration, retention, contract roll, pipeline validation, win-loss patterns, NPS / churn)
6. Legal & Regulatory (material contracts, change-of-control, IP ownership, litigation, sector-license, employment, leases, liens)
7. HR & Organization (key-person, retention, comp mix, cap table, benefit liabilities, D&I, labor-relations, WARN exposure)
8. IT / Tech (systems, security, SOC2, DR, GDPR-DPIA, tech debt, integration complexity)
9. ESG (policies, incidents, climate exposure, supply-chain forced-labor, governance, SFDR / SEC climate-disclosure / state-climate-disclosure posture)
10. Tax (structure, NOLs and §382, foreign exposure, pending audits, TP risk, R&D-credit recapture, GILTI / BEAT / Pillar-2, state-nexus)
11. Antitrust / HSR / CFIUS / FCPA / OFAC / Export-Control (size-of-transaction / size-of-person; product-market / geographic-market / share / HHI; CFIUS covered-investment / TID; FCPA controls; OFAC screening; ITAR / EAR; multi-jurisdictional)
12. Environmental (Phase I / II, CERCLA / RCRA, PFAS, climate-disclosure posture)
13. Labor / Employment / Pension (WARN, NLRB, OFCCP, CBA, pension underfunding, OPEB)
14. Contradiction & Unsupported Claims Log (claim → source → contradicting source → resolution ask)
15. Missing Evidence Log (claim / category → severity → required evidence → owner / deadline)
16. Risk Dashboard (top-10 risks ranked by impact × probability with proposed mitigation: price-adjustment / escrow / indemnity / R&W / MAC carve-out / walk)
17. Management Follow-up Asks (prioritized, with purpose and evidence gap addressed)
18. Triangulation Block (vs. comparable-company-analysis, dcf-valuation-builder, lbo-model-builder, accretion-dilution-analyzer; continuation-vehicle: vs. prior-fund mark and secondary-buyer mark)
19. Restricted-List / MNPI / Wall-Cross Overlay Statement (clean-team / antitrust-counsel-mediated barrier)
20. Recommendation (Go / No-Go / Conditional with specific conditions and structural protections)
21. Evidence Ledger Appendix (every numbered citation → document path → page / section → owner-of-record)
22. Disclosures (investment disclaimer; confidentiality; no-offer; privileged-work-product; regulatory citations)

Audience Templates (select per sponsor segment / deal stage)

  1. LBO Buyout — IC Read-Ahead (Initial Pass) — Full memo; thesis-confirmation focus; criteria-fit scorecard headline; risk dashboard front-and-center; preliminary valuation triangulation

  2. LBO Buyout — IC Read-Ahead (Round Two / Exclusivity) — Refresh of initial; QoE / commercial / legal / regulatory diligence integrated; structural-protection recommendations; price-and-terms negotiating position

  3. Growth Equity — IC Read-Ahead — Growth-thesis focus; market-sizing TAM / SAM / SOM verification; product-cohort / customer-cohort retention analysis; funding-round economics; minority-protection / governance posture; anti-dilution / liquidation-preference scrutiny

  4. Venture Growth — IC Read-Ahead — Series-stage diligence; cap-table waterfall scrutiny; option-pool refresh modeling; founder-vesting; pay-to-play; ROFR / ROFO; protective provisions

  5. Private Credit — Underwriting Memo (Unitranche / Second-Lien / Mezz / Direct Loan) — Borrower-financial-health focus; covenant-construction; collateral analysis; DCF cash-flow-coverage stress; lien priority and inter-creditor; permitted-debt / negative covenants; default and EOD playbook; hand-off to loan-covenant-compliance-monitor for post-close monitoring; hand-off to credit-memo-drafter for the formal credit memo

  6. Continuation Vehicle / GP-Led Secondary — Conflict-of-interest disclosure (LPAC / ILPA conflict-of-interest framework); fairness-opinion / valuation-benchmark cross-check; pricing-discovery process documentation; LP option-mechanic (status-quo / sell / roll); hand-off to lbo-model-builder for the new-vehicle model

  7. Fund-of-Funds / Co-Investment — Lead-sponsor diligence re-synthesized through the co-investor's lens; LP-side governance; co-invest economics; fee-and-carry adjustments; conflict-of-interest mechanics

  8. Distressed Credit / Special-Situation — Capital-structure-and-priority focus; intercreditor agreement; consent / lock-up / RSA mechanics; bankruptcy-process posture (Ch. 11 / 7 / out-of-court / §363 / pre-pack); plan-of-reorganization scenarios; sub-rosa-plan risk

  9. Infrastructure / Real-Asset / Real-Estate — Concession-and-regulatory-rate-of-return focus; long-dated-cash-flow model; counterparty-credit-of-the-offtaker; environmental and Phase-II scrutiny; FERC / FCC / sector-specific filings; ESG-disclosure-mandate posture

  10. Operating Partner Brief — Value-creation-plan focus; Day-1 priorities; 100-day plan; functional-area diagnostic; integration-risk and -opportunity; talent-retention; tech-stack rationalization; pricing-strategy refresh; cost-take-out; revenue-growth levers; hand-off to portfolio-management cadence

  11. GP Committee Read-Ahead — Fund-strategy-fit; sector-concentration vs. fund cap; fund-size-relative-to-deal-size; LP-base sensitivity; conflict-of-interest with other portfolio companies; ESG-policy-fit

  12. LP Advisory Committee (LPAC) Briefing — Conflict-of-interest disclosure; LPAC consent items; ILPA reporting alignment; for continuation-vehicle deals: status-quo / sell / roll mechanic and the GP's price-discovery process

  13. Banker / Management Diligence Pack — Ask-list focus; process-management; document-request-list with priorities; management-meeting agendas; bring-down evidence schedule

  14. R&W Insurance Underwriter Evidence Pack — Reps-and-warranties scope; knowledge-qualifier scrutiny; evidence-of-rep-knowledge for material reps; MAC carve-out; standalone diligence-evidence pack per compliance.r_and_w_underwriter_evidence_pack_format

  15. Confirmatory Close Packet — Final-read; bring-down certificates; closing-date schedules; outstanding-issue resolution; condition-precedent satisfaction evidence; closing-checklist hand-off to legal counsel

  16. Refresh / Weekly Update — Delta-from-prior-cycle; new-evidence overlay onto the existing evidence ledger; updated risk-dashboard; refreshed follow-up asks

Regulatory & Compliance Layer

  • HSR Act (Hart-Scott-Rodino) and §7A — Size-of-transaction and size-of-person tests with the current-year threshold version; §7A exemptions; filing-strategy posture per compliance.hsr_counsel; the 2023 HSR-rule revisions (expanded narrative requirements, organizational documents, document-search burden)
  • Sherman Act / Clayton Act / FTC Act — Substantive antitrust analysis; horizontal / vertical / conglomerate; HHI / market-concentration; vertical-foreclosure; potential-competition; failing-firm doctrine where relevant; 2023 Merger Guidelines update
  • EU EUMR — Turnover thresholds; one-stop-shop; remedy-precedent
  • UK CMA — Phase 1 / Phase 2; voluntary regime with mandatory-effect for certain transactions
  • Multi-Jurisdictional Antitrust — China SAMR; Brazil CADE; India CCI; Korea KFTC; Japan JFTC; Australia ACCC
  • CFIUS / FIRRMA (31 CFR Part 800 & 802) — Covered investments; TID-business; sensitive-data; critical-technology; critical-infrastructure; mandatory vs. voluntary; mitigation-agreement precedent; the 2024 enforcement-rule expansion
  • FCPA (15 USC §78dd-1/-2/-3) — Books-and-records; internal controls; anti-bribery; third-party DD; high-risk-jurisdiction concentration; UK Bribery Act and other extraterritorial corruption statutes
  • OFAC (31 CFR Part 501) — 50%-rule; sectoral lists; secondary sanctions; foreign-jurisdiction concentration; sanctioned-sector exposure (Iran / Russia / China / North Korea / Cuba / Syria / Venezuela)
  • ITAR (22 CFR §120-130) / EAR (15 CFR §730-774) — Export-control posture; deemed-export / deemed-reexport; controlled-technology classification; license-exception analysis
  • GDPR (EU 2016/679) / State-Privacy — Data-flow / cross-border-transfer / DPIA; CCPA / CPRA / Colorado / Connecticut / Virginia / others
  • Sector-Specific Regulators — FCC §214 / §310 (media / telecom; foreign-ownership cap; declaratory ruling); FERC §203 (power / energy; market-power study); FDA / HHS-OIG (healthcare / life-sciences; CIA exposure; sunshine-act); OCC / FRB / FDIC (Bank Holding Company Act; control test; CRA-overlay); SEC / FINRA (broker-dealer / RIA membership change); NRC (nuclear; license-transfer); FAA (aviation; foreign-control-cap); DOT / STB (transportation); SBA (SBIC); pharmacy / DEA / 340B (specialty pharma); state insurance (insurance acquisition; Form A)
  • Environmental — CERCLA / RCRA / Clean Air / Clean Water / state-EPA superfund; PFAS; environmental-justice
  • Climate Disclosure — SEC climate-disclosure rule; CA SB 253 (Scope 1/2/3 emissions disclosure) / CA SB 261 (climate-related financial-risk); EU SFDR / CSRD / EU-taxonomy; ISSB
  • Employment / Labor — WARN; NLRB; OFCCP; collective-bargaining-agreement scope; ERISA; COBRA; UFLPA forced-labor
  • Tax — IRC §1001 / §721 / §351 / §338(h)(10) / F-reorg / continuity-of-interest; NOL §382 limitation; state nexus / Wayfair-economic-nexus; sales-tax / VAT / GST; TP / OECD Pillar-2 / BEPS; R&D-credit recapture; GILTI / BEAT / FDII
  • R&W Insurance Underwriting — MAC carve-outs; reps-and-warranties scope; knowledge qualifiers; standalone evidence pack format
  • Books-and-Records / Privilege — Privileged-work-product framing; attorney-client privilege; common-interest-privilege for clean-team / antitrust-counsel-mediated barriers
  • MNPI / Restricted-List / Wall-Cross / Clean-Team Protocol — compliance.clean_team_protocol, compliance.mnpi_policy, compliance.restricted_list, compliance.wall_cross_register enforcement throughout
  • Anti-Plagiarism — Concept-level only; short attributed excerpts permitted as factual evidence; no verbatim lift from third-party sector reports / banker materials / data-room documents beyond cited fact

Personalization Hooks

The following config.yml keys customize this skill:

  • firm.name, firm.capacity (buyout / growth / venture / private credit / continuation / fund-of-funds / co-investment / distressed / infrastructure / real-estate / secondary) → drives audience-template default and disclosure pack
  • firm.return_hurdle, firm.leverage_policy, firm.sector_concentration_limits, firm.geography_focus, firm.hold_period_assumption, firm.governance_posture → criteria-fit scorecard inputs
  • firm.esg_policy, firm.diversity_policy → ESG / D&I screen
  • firm.diligence_categories_expected → coverage-map baseline (missing categories flagged by default)
  • voice.house_style → drives prose tone and the recommendation register
  • diligence.evidence_ledger_format, diligence.citation_convention → evidence-ledger structure (path / page / section / owner-of-record)
  • diligence.contradiction_threshold, diligence.missing_evidence_severity_map → severity rubric
  • diligence.workstream_owner_map → who reviews each section (Financial / Legal / Commercial / etc.)
  • compliance.hsr_counsel, compliance.cfius_counsel, compliance.antitrust_counsel, compliance.sector_counsel_map → regulatory-counsel-of-record routing
  • compliance.fcpa_policy, compliance.ofac_policy, compliance.gdpr_policy, compliance.esg_disclosures → regulatory-screen defaults
  • compliance.r_and_w_underwriter_evidence_pack_format → R&W underwriter packet structure
  • compliance.clean_team_protocol, compliance.mnpi_policy, compliance.restricted_list, compliance.wall_cross_register → information-barrier enforcement
  • compliance.disclosures.investment_disclaimer, .confidentiality, .no_offer, .privileged_work_product → footer pack
  • firm.naming_convention → output filename when saved to outputs/

Handoff Contracts

Inbound:

  • skills/operations/cim-drafter.md → CIM as the principal management claim to triangulate against
  • skills/operations/comparable-company-analysis.md → relative-value triangulation; sector-comp fit
  • skills/operations/dcf-valuation-builder.md → intrinsic-value triangulation
  • skills/operations/lbo-model-builder.md → returns-and-leverage triangulation; QoE-validated drivers feed back
  • skills/operations/accretion-dilution-analyzer.md → strategic-acquirer adjacency on the same target
  • skills/operations/three-statement-model-constructor.md → financial-build cross-check
  • skills/operations/financial-model-documenter.md → model-documentation conventions
  • skills/operations/loan-covenant-compliance-monitor.md → private-credit underwriting context inherited
  • skills/operations/credit-memo-drafter.md → private-credit memo build inherited
  • skills/operations/market-research-brief.md → sector / cohort context
  • skills/admin/regulatory-filing-checker.md → HSR / CFIUS / sector-filing posture inherited
  • skills/admin/sanctions-aml-alert-reviewer.md → OFAC / FCPA / sanctions adjacency inherited

Outbound:

  • skills/operations/investment-memo-drafter.md → the structured evidence ledger and risk dashboard for the narrative IC memo
  • skills/operations/lbo-model-builder.md → normalized EBITDA, run-rate adjustments, capex / NWC drivers validated against the QoE
  • skills/operations/dcf-valuation-builder.md → cash-flow forecast inputs validated against the corpus
  • skills/operations/comparable-company-analysis.md → continuation-vehicle / portfolio-company benchmarking refresh
  • skills/operations/accretion-dilution-analyzer.md → strategic-acquirer adjacency for the same target
  • skills/operations/stress-test-scenario-modeler.md → top-10 risk list as scenario stressors
  • skills/operations/cim-drafter.md → continuation-vehicle / sale CIM marketing content
  • skills/operations/credit-memo-drafter.md → private-credit underwriting memo
  • skills/operations/loan-covenant-compliance-monitor.md → post-close monitoring framework for private-credit deals
  • skills/admin/regulatory-filing-checker.md → HSR / CFIUS / sector-filing decision routing
  • skills/admin/sanctions-aml-alert-reviewer.md → OFAC / FCPA / sanctions follow-up
  • skills/_shared/email-drafter.md → audience-matched cover note for the IC / Operating Partner / LPAC / banker / management distribution
  • skills/_shared/meeting-summarizer.md → IC / management-diligence / LPAC meeting capture
  • outputs/ → archived per firm.naming_convention with privileged-work-product framing and the source-skill audit-trail tag

Example Output

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