Are you ready to conduct an effective and cost efficient due diligence review of intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) license agreements? Knowing the how, where and what to look for in IP and IT license agreements is essential to conduct a proper due diligence search of a target company or seller in a merger and acquisition transaction. Organizing key contract provisions and issues into due diligence checklists and search requests will also help you identify material issues while saving your client needless costs and hours of wasted effort.

For more information on conducting due diligence of IP and IT license agreements and links to templates, checklists and other resources that provide guidance for identifying, reviewing and summarizing these agreements, see Due Diligence of IP and IT License Agreements in M&A Transactions.