| Documentation | Timeline | NDA | Side Letter | Shell company |
| Of the essence | Termination notice | Asset Purchase | Floating Charge | Shortfall Option |
| Due Diligence Report | SPV | TRANSACTION LEGALESE BINGO (free square) | Signing | Reps & Warranties |
| Conditions Precedent | Call Option | Deal Memo | Deferred Consideration | Deal-flow |
| Carve-out | Schedules | Affiliate Entity | Target | deal-breaker |
| Shortfall Option | Call Option | Defeasance | Deal Memo | Shell company |
| Termination notice | LOI | Carve-out | At the end of the day | Due Diligence Report |
| Tag-Along | Revenue Participation | TRANSACTION LEGALESE BINGO (free square) | Signing | Framework Agreement |
| Pre-signing | Floating Charge | Ballpark | Side Letter | Timeline |
| Target | Deal-flow | Deferred Consideration | NDA | outstanding issues |