Acquiring a Business in Paris: Securing IT Before Signing (Buyer's Checklist)
Buyer's checklist: documents to request, IT red flags, cost estimates, and a 100-day plan. Goal: make decisions and negotiate based on facts.
Published on •Updated on •7 min•By Théo Fleury, Founder ABC OPTIM
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Key takeaways
- Problem: IT is rarely documented in SMBs — the buyer is purchasing invisible risk.
- Solution: minimal IT data room + red flags + remediation cost estimates.
- Result: fact-based negotiation and faster integration after acquisition.
In an acquisition, IT is the infrastructure behind invoicing, production, and business continuity. Calendar pressure should never lead you to sign blind.
Minimal IT data room
What to request
- Application inventory + versions
- Cloud/hosting/managed services contracts + reversibility
- Licenses (ownership, renewals)
- Named admin accounts + MFA
- Backups + proof of restore test
Next step
Send us the list of tools + the managed services/hosting contract. ABC OPTIM will send back a customized checklist + likely red flags + a remediation cost estimate.
For the full picture: the complete IT Due Diligence guide (buy/sell).
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