Thomson Carswell (www.carswell.com), Canada’s leading provider of specialized information and electronic research solutions to the legal, tax, finance, accounting, and human resources markets, and Lexpert, Canada's leading source of news and information about the business of law, announced the launch of Deal Monitor®.
Deal Monitor® provides powerful analytical and report generation tools to drive business development for practitioners in mergers and acquisitions, and securities law.
With Deal Monitor®, corporate lawyers, marketers and librarians get actionable intelligence with unmatched detail and speed. To help Securities and Mergers & Acquisition lawyers’ prospect more efficiently and effectively, Deal Monitor® brings together information from LIVEDGAR, GSI, Thomson Financial, Thomson West, Lexpert and Thomson Carswell databases. Powerful analytical tools reveal key relationships and patterns between issuing companies, underwriters and law firms, identifying opportunities for developing new client relationships and cross-selling to existing clients, as well as highlighting potential competitive threats. Information can be analyzed to provide a complete view of the footprint for entire industries and businesses, or details down to the level of individual issuers, underwriters and counsel, as well as specific transactions.
"Deal Monitor® includes over 50,000 Canadian and over 130,000 US deals. As a result, corporate practices can now benefit from an essential competitive intelligence tool," said Stewart Katz, CFO, Thomson Carswell. "Deal Monitor® can generate in minutes analysis and reports that could not be replicated through days of manual research, helping lawyers to win high-value work. Customers can use Deal Monitor® to begin prospecting for new business opportunities today."
"Actionable competitive intelligence is key when it comes to making critical business decisions," said Don Van Meer, President, Thomson Carswell. "Deal Monitor® delivers this information quickly and efficiently, allowing law firms to find the information they need to drive business development decisions."
To learn more about Deal Monitor® and the workflow solutions it offers, please visit www.carswell.com.
Thomson Carswell
Thomson Carswell (www.carswell.com) is Canada's leading provider of specialized information and electronic research solutions to the legal, tax, finance, accounting and human resources markets. Headquartered in Toronto, ON, Thomson Carswell provides integrated information in a range of formats, including books, loose-leaf services, journals, newsletters, CD-ROMS and online. Thomson Carswell is a business within The Thomson Corporation.
Lexpert
Lexpert (www.lexpert.ca) is Canada’s leading source of news and information about the business of law. Publications and services include Lexpert Magazine, the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the Lexpert/CCCA Corporate Counsel Directory and Yearbook, the Lexpert Law Student and Associate Recruitment Guide and Lexpert Conferences. Lexpert also maintains Canada's most comprehensive "who's acting for whom" legal transaction and lawsuit database, available online at www.lexpert.ca.
The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com) is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
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For more information, please contact:
Jayne Jackson
Media Relations
Thomson Carswell
416.298.5007
jayne.jackson@thomson.com