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The Corporate Track releases as a progression. You come in now with the first four modules live - each new release lands in your subscription as it ships.
You're a trainee, and you've just been staffed on Project Osiris - the acquisition of a high-growth UK tech company by a mid-market PE fund. This module covers how transactions begin: understanding the commercial logic behind a deal, getting your bearings on the parties and the structure, and producing the internal document that keeps the whole team aligned from day one.
What you'll do
Orient yourself on the deal - the buyer, the target, the rationale, and the structure. Produce a matter brief summarising the key commercial and legal workstreams, the parties involved, and the timeline.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
The first documents land in your inbox - a term sheet and an NDA. Before any serious legal work begins, you need to understand what these documents are actually doing: which parts of the term sheet are commercially agreed and which are still open, and how the NDA governs what the parties can say and do from this point forward.
What you'll do
Review Project Osiris's term sheet and NDA. Flag key provisions to your supervisor and identify what is and isn't legally binding at this stage of the deal.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
Before any acquisition can complete, you need to understand who has the power to authorise it. This module covers corporate governance fundamentals in a transactional context - board authority, shareholder authority, constitutional documents, and what you're actually checking at Companies House and why.
What you'll do
Review Project Osiris's target company's articles of association and a set of Companies House filings. Identify authority requirements for the transaction, flag any constitutional issues, and prepare a corporate authority checklist.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
Due diligence is where deals are won or lost. This module puts you in the data room, working through a real disclosure bundle. You'll develop the discipline of reading for risk - not for understanding - and learn how to triage what matters from what's just volume.
What you'll do
Work through a curated selection of Project Osiris due diligence materials - contracts, corporate documents, employment records, property leases. Identify red flags, note follow-up questions, and populate a due diligence tracker.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
You've done the review. Now you have to tell the client what it means. This module covers the hardest part of due diligence: translating findings into commercial advice. How do you present risk in a way that helps a client make decisions? What goes in a due diligence report - and what stays out?
What you'll do
Using your findings from Module 04, draft the key risk sections of a due diligence report to the buyer. Present findings in a commercially useful way, with suggested mitigants (price chip, warranty, indemnity, or walk away) for each material issue.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
The Share Purchase Agreement is the centrepiece of any acquisition. This module breaks down how an SPA is built - its architecture, how the commercial deal maps onto the legal structure, and the key provisions every associate needs to understand before they touch a first draft.
What you'll do
Receive a first draft SPA for Project Osiris. Map its structure, identify the key economic provisions (consideration mechanics, locked box vs completion accounts), and prepare a clause-by-clause summary for a junior client contact who hasn't seen an SPA before.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
Warranties, indemnities, and disclosure are the battleground of any acquisition. This module goes deep on the risk allocation mechanics - how warranties work as a claim mechanism, why indemnities are different, and how the disclosure exercise protects (and exposes) the seller.
What you'll do
Negotiate the warranty and indemnity provisions of Project Osiris's SPA from the buyer's side. Receive a disclosure letter and identify what it has and hasn't covered. Advise on a specific warranty claim scenario arising from the due diligence.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
The deal is agreed. Now you have to close it. This module covers the mechanics of getting a transaction over the line - signing vs completion, the completion agenda, stock transfer forms, board minutes, and what happens in the weeks after completion when everyone thinks it's over but it isn't.
What you'll do
Run the completion process for Project Osiris. Prepare a completion agenda, manage a signing call, and handle a post-completion issue - a delayed filing and a retention dispute - that arrives two weeks after the deal closes.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
Not everything is a share deal. This module shifts you into the world of commercial contracts and asset transactions - how they're structured differently from share sales, when clients use them, and the key legal and practical differences you need to be able to explain and handle.
What you'll do
A client wants to acquire a competitor's product line rather than the whole company. Advise on structure, draft heads of terms for an asset purchase, and review a commercial supply agreement that forms part of the deal.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
Corporate lawyers do more than M&A. This final module broadens the picture - investment rounds, subscription agreements, shareholder agreements, and the ongoing company work that fills a corporate practice between deals. Designed to make you useful on day one, not just in week three of a transaction.
What you'll do
Advise a startup on its Series A round. Review and mark up a subscription agreement and term sheet from the lead investor. Draft a shareholder agreement provision on drag-along rights and advise on a board composition dispute.
After this module, you'll be able to answer:
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FAQ
MiniSeat is a training platform that teaches practical legal skills through realistic simulations.
Think of it as a flight simulator for lawyers. Instead of reading theory, you practise real junior-lawyer tasks such as reviewing contracts, spotting legal risks, analysing clauses, and writing advice to senior lawyers.