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How the M&A Due Diligence Quadrant Missed a $27 Million Liability
Lucas and Luna dissect a devastating blind spot in M&A due diligence: the quadrant model that most private equity firms use to score risk systematically missed a $27 million environmental liability in a manufacturing acquisition. Lucas walks through the specific failure — how a Phase I environmental assessment was buried in a quadrant labeled 'non-critical,' how the deal team never read the underlying report, and how the seller's indemnity cap left the buyer holding $27 million in cleanup costs. The episode drills into exactly which due diligence categories are routinely…
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