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How the Data Room Leak Wrecked a $300 Million Deal
A target company's confidential data room was leaked to a competitor during due diligence, collapsing a $300 million acquisition and triggering a lawsuit over broken confidentiality agreements. This episode drills into the real mechanics of virtual data rooms in M&A — who controls access, how NDAs get breached, and why the 'clean team' firewall is the most overlooked safeguard in middle-market deals. Lucas walks through the actual chain of events: a private equity buyer, a SaaS target with sensitive customer contracts, a junior analyst who left a download folder open on a…
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