AI Playbook

Asset or Business Acquisition

Structured workflow for asset or business acquisition: organise the supplied facts and documents, identify missing information, draft or analyse in stages, and verify facts, authorities and assumptions before use.

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Reusable prompt for Malaysian corporate and commercial practice. It should be used with the Universal Corporate Lawyer Control Block and checked by a supervising lawyer before use externally.

Prompt

Structure and draft or review the acquisition of `[BUSINESS/ASSETS]` by `[BUYER]` from `[SELLER]`. Define precisely the included and excluded assets and liabilities. Analyse title, encumbrances, assignment and novation, third-party consents, employees, IP, records, licences, receivables, inventory, apportionments and transitional services. Distinguish liabilities that transfer by agreement from liabilities that may follow by law or commercial necessity. Prepare the agreement, ancillary transfer documents, conditions precedent and a responsibility-based completion plan.

Repository section: Due Diligence and M&A

Required inputs: Assets/business; parties; liabilities; employees; contracts; licences.

Suggested use: replace all square-bracket placeholders before running the prompt. For confidential corporate records, board papers, cap tables, due-diligence materials or transaction documents, use a private/local model where possible.

Jurisdiction	Malaysia
Practice Area	Corporate / Commercial
Party Role	Any / as prompt specifies
Lifecycle Stage	Due Diligence and M&A
Document Type	Due Diligence and M&A
Prompt Number	21
Required Inputs	Assets/business, parties, liabilities, employees, contracts, licences.
Expected Output	Asset or Business Acquisition output structured for Malaysian corporate practice.
Reviewed On	2026-07-26
Version	1.0
Verification Checklist	Distinguish facts, allegations and assumptions., Cite the document/page for each material fact where possible., Identify missing or contradictory evidence., Do not invent authorities., Check every authority and quote only verified propositions., Separate proposed drafting from facts requiring client confirmation.