M&A Deal Evaluation Framework with Decision Memo
This is a ready-made prompt from the Zayenha Prompt library in Strategy & Business, written for claude-sonnet-4-7. It has a main prompt to copy into the model, built-in quality guards, and a verification prompt to run in a second window to review the answer. The full text needs the Pro plan; the description is open to all.
For strategy and corporate-development teams: a structured framework to evaluate an acquisition or merger across strategic fit, valuation, risk, and synergy, ending in a clear decision memo.
Your current plan: free
Preparing a decision memo to present an acquisition to an investment committee; screening a potential merger before due diligence; decomposing synergy sources before price negotiation.
Built-in quality guards
Every valuation or synergy figure comes from the user or is flagged as an assumption
No fabricated sector multiples, market shares, or target data
Cover thesis, synergy, valuation, risk, integration, decision
Financial and legal due diligence referred to licensed advisors
Frequently asked questions
How do I use this prompt?
Copy the main prompt and paste it into claude-sonnet-4-7 or the model you use, replace what is in square brackets with your details, then run the verification prompt in a second window with the answer pasted in, and review it before relying on it.
Is this prompt free?
Its full text requires the Pro plan or higher. Free prompts you can copy at once without an account are on the ready-made Arabic prompts page.
Which model was this prompt written for?
It was written for claude-sonnet-4-7 and follows how that model works; you can run it on other models too, reviewing the result, since no single wording guarantees the best result on every model.