MAC clauses in tech acquisitions: patterns across our 2024 matter index
What 480 anonymised 2024 technology SPAs in our index say about material adverse change drafting: carve-out counts, cyber language, and the slow exit of the pandemic clause.
How we evaluate redline quality: accept rate is not enough
Accept rate rewards timid redlines. Here is the four-part measure we use instead, the sample behind it, and the places where it still misleads us.
The parity guarantee: how we check that a Mandarin and an English draft say the same thing
A bilingual contract that differs between its two language versions is a dispute waiting for a tribunal. Here is how we test for parity, what the test catches, and what it still misses.
How we measure first-pass review time without flattering ourselves
Time saved is the easiest number to inflate. Here is how we define first-pass review time, who we measure, what we exclude and where the measurement still misleads.