Ideals, Jurimesh Merge AI into M&A Due Diligence

Virtual data room provider Ideals has integrated with Belgian legal-tech firm Jurimesh to deliver AI-powered vendor readiness scans for mid-market M&A deals.

The integration addresses a longstanding gap in deal preparation: mid-market sellers have historically gone to market without the level of readiness that large-cap transactions demand, leading to longer negotiations and weaker deal outcomes.

Rising Diligence Costs

Buy-side scrutiny has increased sharply in recent years. The average M&A deal now spends 264 days in the data room, up from 205 days in 2020, with data rooms reporting record document volumes.

A Q4 2025 Mergermarket survey of senior US investment-banking executives found that 45% say a typical M&A deal now takes at least six months to complete. Additionally, 73% of respondents expect due diligence to become more complex over the next 12 to 24 months.

For sellers who arrive unprepared, the consequences are concrete. Longer question-and-answer cycles, stricter sale and purchase agreement terms, and weaker valuations are common outcomes.