API · Exit · Corporate Transactions
Cancel the corporate transaction.
Cancels a corporate transaction still in loi or due_diligence. After definitive has been signed, use advance with to_stage: terminated instead — legally and mechanically distinct from cancellation.
Pre-conditions: transaction must be in loi, due_diligence, or definitive stage; cancellation past closing is irreversible and requires a wind-down workflow. Per-stage cancellation windows: loi 24h grace, due_diligence 7d, definitive 48h.
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Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
reasonstringRequiredAudit-log cancellation reason.
Response Body
application/json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
application/problem+json
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/{id}/cancel" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "reason": "string" }'const body = JSON.stringify({ "reason": "string"})fetch("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/{id}/cancel", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body})package mainimport ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" "strings")func main() { url := "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/{id}/cancel" body := strings.NewReader(`{ "reason": "string" }`) req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body) req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body))}import requestsheaders = { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc", "Matter-Version": "2026-06-10", "Idempotency-Key": "ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b",}payload = { "reason": "string"}resp = requests.post( "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/ctx_T6yLpQ2w/cancel", headers=headers, json=payload,)resp.raise_for_status()print(resp.json())import java.net.URI;import java.net.http.HttpClient;import java.net.http.HttpRequest;import java.net.http.HttpResponse;import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;import java.time.Duration;import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;var body = BodyPublishers.ofString("""{ "reason": "string"}""");HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder() .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)) .build();HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder() .uri(URI.create("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/{id}/cancel")) .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .POST(body) .build();try { HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(requestBuilder.build(), BodyHandlers.ofString()); System.out.println("Status code: " + response.statusCode()); System.out.println("Response body: " + response.body());} catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();}using System;using System.Net.Http;using System.Text;var body = new StringContent("""{ "reason": "string"}""", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");var client = new HttpClient();var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/{id}/cancel", body);var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();curl --request POST 'https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/ctx_T6yLpQ2w/cancel' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc' \ --header 'Matter-Version: 2026-06-10' \ --header 'Idempotency-Key: ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "reason": "string"}'const response = await fetch("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/corporate_transactions/ctx_T6yLpQ2w/cancel", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc", "Matter-Version": "2026-06-10", "Idempotency-Key": "ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "reason": "string" }),});if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`Matter API ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);}const data = await response.json();console.log(data);Response
application/json{
"id": "string",
"object": "corporate_transaction",
"kind": "merger",
"parties": [
{
"entity_id": "ent_Nq3KcAbc",
"role": "acquirer"
}
],
"stage": "loi",
"consideration": {},
"effective_date": "2026-04-25",
"signing_date": "2026-04-25",
"closing_date": "2026-04-25",
"treatment": {},
"hsr_required": false,
"regulatory_approvals": [
{
"status": "pending"
}
],
"section_280g_analysis": {},
"document_ids": [
"string"
],
"escrow_ids": [
"string"
],
"earn_out_ids": [
"string"
],
"indemnity_claim_ids": [
"string"
],
"metadata": {},
"created": 1745539200,
"updated": 1745539200,
"livemode": false
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/invalid_request",
"title": "Invalid request",
"status": 400,
"code": "invalid_request",
"detail": "Request body could not be parsed as JSON.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#invalid_request",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A"
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/authentication_required",
"title": "Authentication required",
"status": 401,
"code": "authentication_required",
"detail": "No bearer token was supplied. Pass `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_...` on every request.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#authentication_required",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A"
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/invalid_state_transition",
"title": "Invalid state transition",
"status": 409,
"code": "invalid_state_transition",
"detail": "Entity ent_Nq3KcAbc is in state `dissolved`; `dissolve` is not a valid transition.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#invalid_state_transition",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A",
"current_state": "dissolved",
"attempted_transition": "dissolve",
"allowed_transitions": []
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/dissolution_prerequisites_missing",
"title": "Dissolution prerequisites missing",
"status": 409,
"code": "dissolution_prerequisites_missing",
"detail": "Voluntary dissolution requires `board_resolution_id` and `stockholder_consent_id`, or `auto_generate_resolutions: true`.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#dissolution_prerequisites_missing",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A"
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/valuation_stale",
"title": "409A valuation stale",
"status": 409,
"code": "valuation_stale",
"detail": "Active 409A val_AbCd1234 is older than 12 months or superseded by a material event. Issuing ISOs at the prior strike risks IRC §409A violation. Refresh via POST /entities/{id}/valuations/{id}/refresh_request.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#valuation_stale",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A"
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/rate_limit_exceeded",
"title": "Rate limit exceeded",
"status": 429,
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"detail": "Request rate exceeded for this key. Retry after `retry_after` seconds or honor the `Retry-After` header.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#rate_limit_exceeded",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A",
"retry_after": 30
}