Due Diligence Readiness Score

Selling, raising or merging? See how ready your company is for a buyer’s legal due diligence across twelve areas.

How this works

These are the twelve areas we review for buyers. Mark each as ready, partly ready or missing.
Ready counts as 1, partly as ½, missing as 0. Environmental, insurance and IT can be marked ready if they do not apply to your activity.
Every gap a buyer finds becomes a price reduction, an indemnity or a condition — fixing them first protects your valuation.

Estimates and checklists for general guidance only — not legal or tax advice on your situation.

How long does a buyer’s due diligence take?

Typically a few weeks for a small company with an organised data room — longer when documents have to be found or recreated.

What is a data room?

A secure, organised folder of the documents a buyer reviews, indexed by area so questions can be answered quickly.

Estimate corporate tax at 0% / 9%, check Small Business Relief and the free-zone de minimis test.

Add or remove 5% VAT, and check whether you must — or may — register.

Gratuity under UAE labour law: 21 days per year for the first five years, 30 days after, capped at two years’ wage.

A short description is enough to start. We reply to every enquiry personally, usually within one business day.