Free Tool: DealReady People™
Acquiring or merging?
Surface people risk before you sign.
People risk is the most overlooked part of any deal. Contracts, liabilities, key person dependency, cultural misalignment: miss it in due diligence and it becomes your problem on day one. Run this checklist before you sign.
Work through each section, flag your risk areas, and get a clear picture of what needs resolving before or immediately after completion.
Summary
- What this is
- A 19-point people due diligence checklist across workforce structure, employment terms, retention, comp and benefits, and post-acquisition integration.
- Who it is for
- UK PE-backed acquirers, founder sellers and integration leads working on M&A or carve-outs.
- What problem it solves
- People risk surfaces too late: TUPE timelines slip, key staff walk in week one, contracts harmonisation drags into year two. Most deals never run a structured people DD.
- What happens next
- Submit your details to receive a branded risk summary with the open items mapped to deal stage and DealReady People as the canonical fix.
Tick every item you have confirmed ahead of close:
0/18Workforce Structure
Employment Terms & Liability
Culture & Retention Risk
Compensation & Benefits
Post-Acquisition Integration
Get your risk summary report