With M&A activity declining amid an economic slowdown, law firms are looking to differentiate and innovate to stand out from the competition and win more due diligence business. To help with these efforts, Thomson Reuters is hosting a free webinar on Feb. 16 that highlights the benefits of collaborative project management, streamlined workflows, and artificial …
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Private Equity, Loans and Bond Offerings, Expanded M&A Data Added to Thomson Reuters Deal Monitor
Deal Monitor, part of the Monitor Suite collection of products, now contains four new and expanded content sets leveraging the power of Thomson Reuters deal information. These data sets allow users to gain a better understanding of the financial transactions of companies and what law firms and other parties are involved in the transactions. The additions …
Transactional practices rising, litigation falling
Litigation has traditionally been the largest practice for major firms. But in recent years, litigation practices have been slowly losing ground and transactional practices have risen to compensate. A new report from Peer Monitor finds that corporate, M&A, tax and real estate work has consistently outperformed litigation practices for the past two years. In fact, …
Podcast: Practical Law Deal Protections and Remedies Report
The new Thomson Reuters Practical Law Deal Protections and Remedies Report is now available and was recently presented at a recent ABA Business Section Meeting. The report analyzes deal-protection measures binding target companies and, for the first time, also reviews the deal protections negotiated by buyers who require their own stockholder approval before closing. In the …
Ten years later, Southeastern M&A and Private Equity Forum continues to lead
On October 2, 2014, the Southeastern M&A/Private Equity Forum will be held at the TWELVE Hotel Atlantic Station in Atlanta, GA, celebrating a decade of insight into M&A trends, networking and education. Attendees typically include corporate counsel, strategic sellers, investment bankers, M&A lawyers and business entrepreneurs. Topics this year include a look at the state of …
Expanded M&A capabilities for Business Law Center on WestlawNext
In conducting proper due diligence in an M&A deal, information is key. Business Law Center on WestlawNext recently expanded both its coverage and functionality to broaden users’ reach in monitoring or researching deal activity. Deal coverage in Business Law Center has been nearly doubled, now totaling more than 900,000 deals dating back to 1975. The expanded …
Global M&A activity drops sharply
Concerns about the global economy helped lead to a sharp drop in global M&A activity in the third quarter, according to the latest M&A Trends & Insight for Lawyers report from Thomson Reuters Business Law Advisor–M&A. Global deal volumes were down 8 percent, falling to their lowest levels since 2005. U.S. domestic deals actually rose in the …
US and UK M&A activity up in Q2
Global M&A activity remained slow in the second quarter, with deal volume sitting at its lowest levels in three years, according to the latest M&A Trends & Insight for Lawyers report from Thomson Reuters Business Law Advisor – M&A. U.S. and UK M&A activity, however, bucked the global trend, with volume up 14 percent and …
Global M&A activity for law firms down, says Thomson Reuters GRC report
Global merger and acquisition activity is off to a slower-than-usual start in the second half of 2011, but that does not necessarily mean less work for M&A lawyers. A new report from Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance says the volume of M&A deals fell 10 percent globally in the third quarter. Most of the drop was …