I think you misunderstand. It&#x27;s not a legal issue. It&#x27;s whether you provided adequate service. And Goldman didn&#x27;t. And bankers are almost never liable fyi because of the language baked into engagement letters.<p>It&#x27;s also not about forensic accounting. A 5 person deal team is quite tiny especially if they&#x27;re mostly junior. The acquiree should absolutely have access to internal documents in an all stock deal; your future is at stake here. Something like already factored receivables somehow requiring payments to be made in future periods makes no sense and would jump out immediately to anyone half competent who bothered to look.<p>Not showing up for a meeting is not the same as saying after the fact, &#x27;ok guys let&#x27;s close this&#x27;. I can guarantee you Goldman signed off on it. You don&#x27;t sign merger documents at the meeting itself. GS likely said &quot;fuck it all stock it is&quot;. They get paid anyway, in cash.