Thomson Reuters GRC Helps Senior M&A Lawyers Create a Winning Deal Strategy

LONDON, June 27, 2011 — Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance (accelus.thomsonreuters.com) today launched a major online resource to help mergers and acquisitions (M&A) lawyers and their teams navigate the best possible route through increasingly complex deals.

Business Law Advisor−M&A is aimed at senior lawyers and corporate legal teams. It gives them the power of hindsight by allowing them to prepare M&A negotiations based on key deal points which were successful in previous transactions.

This information is presented in a format designed to help companies involved in mergers and acquisitions satisfy legal scrutiny, meet regulatory standards and stay on top of market trends.

The product analyzes thousands of deal histories and matches them to current M&A work. Legal teams can then examine documents and examples of precedent which most closely match a deal they are working on.

The way a deal is structured and presented, the legal phrases used and the protocol undertaken can make or break a merger or acquisition, says Ely Razin, head of Business Law and Governance at Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk and Compliance.

“The more lawyers know about what succeeded or failed in the past, the better chance they have in the future. With so much information available, legal teams need a powerful tool to make the right decisions. Business Law Advisor−M&A is unique in its ability to identify the most pertinent deal history for a new M&A transaction,” said Razin.

One key to its success is the way it uses feedback and comment from leading lawyers to help other lawyers present the best possible business case. Business Law Advisor also highlights a broad range of negotiated deal points for lawyers who need information beyond a transaction’s financials.

“The global rules of business have changed, and completing M&A deals successfully is a complicated process. A successful merger or acquisition is about understanding and using the precedent set by previous cases. Business Law Advisor−M&A gives our customers exactly that − wealth of the right deal history,” added Razin.

Business Law Advisor−M&A is part of the Thomson Reuters Accelus suite of products providing support and assistance to companies working within heavily regulated industries.

Thomson Reuters also will hold its first Global Business Law Advisory Board meeting at the end of the month. The Advisory Board is made up of 40 of the world’s leading M&A lawyers and practitioners, and the meeting will explore information and opinions on critical issues in today’s M&A environment. Advisory Board discussion and key findings will be published following the meeting.(accelus.thomsonreuters.com)

The Advisory Board will act as a think tank to provide information, analysis and insight into the best ways to conduct M&A transactions, says Razin.