Meg Cavanaugh on Why In-House Teams Must Run Diligence
Commvault SVP Meg Cavanaugh explains why in-house legal diligence prevents post-merger integration failure and operational blind spots.
Commvault’s SVP Legal on Structuring Deals So Integration Doesn’t Break
With Kison Patel, Meg Cavanaugh · Sunday, October 25, 2026
Meg Cavanaugh, SVP of Legal at Commvault, explains how in-house legal teams can structure M&A transactions and run due diligence to ensure post-close integrations succeed. She discusses strategies for managing outside counsel, negotiating high-stakes purchase agreement clauses, and auditing customer contracts for change of control and liability risks. Cavanaugh also shares why she uses operational playbooks to train non-lawyers to negotiate commercial contracts and how acquirers should navigate cultural integration.
Key takeaways
- Meg Cavanaugh at Commvault keeps M&A legal diligence inside a dedicated internal team instead of offloading data room inspection to outside firms. Read more →
- Carbonite centralized deal stages under a lean corporate development team led by a single VP, running sourcing, valuation, and post-close execution soup to nuts. Read more →
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