Diligence for a Systematic Technology Licensing Transaction
A mid-sized asset manager evaluating the license of proprietary algorithmic trading technology from an external provider.
Synergy Nexus ran structured diligence on the licensing counterparty, surfacing a stronger deal structure with full trade-level auditability from day one.
The asset manager's evaluation of the licensing counterparty's systematic trading technology had progressed on the counterparty's own performance claims, with limited independent verification of the architecture, risk controls, and trade-level auditability its own board and regulators would expect once the technology was deployed. The licensing structure under initial discussion carried integration and control implications the asset manager's internal team had not yet fully modeled against its own infrastructure and governance requirements.
Synergy Nexus ran structured diligence on the counterparty's systematic trading technology, evaluating architectural diversity, trade-level auditability, and risk-control design, with every verification document and counterparty detail exchanged strictly under an executed Non-Circumvention Non-Disclosure Agreement (NCNDA). Licensing structure — white-label, API-integration, and revenue-share models — was evaluated directly against the asset manager's internal infrastructure and control requirements, engineering a recommendation grounded in demonstrated infrastructure and governance fit.
Directed the asset manager toward a licensing structure engineered for its own infrastructure and control requirements, securing full trade-level auditability from deployment day one
Protected all verification documents and counterparty details throughout diligence under an executed NCNDA, securing both parties through negotiation
Equipped the asset manager's board and risk committee with a governance framework satisfying regulatory expectations ahead of deployment
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