Due diligence
From ACT Wiki
1. Risk management - acquisitions - investment.
(DD).
The process of detailed investigation and verification of key information by a prospective investor or their representative.
2. Risk management - money laundering.
The verification of a prospective customer's identity and the nature of their business, for the purposes of preventing money laundering.
Also known as customer due diligence.
3. Law.
The reasonable steps that a person is required by law to take, to avoid committing a criminal offence or a tort.
4. Risk management.
The reasonable investigation or other exercise of care that a business or other person would undertake before entering a contract, or any other act or omission.
See also
- Acquisition
- Audit
- Bring down call
- Contract
- Criminal law
- Customer
- Data room
- Investment
- Know-your-customer (KYC)
- Legal person
- Mandatory human rights due diligence
- Money laundering
- Non-disclosure agreement
- Open-source intelligence
- Outside-in cyber review
- P2P
- Prospectus
- Risk management
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Tort
- Vendor due diligence (VDD)
