West Deal Monitor Provides Strategic Intelligence for Corporate Counsel
West GroupBy West Group
Corporate counsel do more than read case law during the work day; they watch industry trends, follow the major M&A players, evaluate pricing and usher transactional details to the end. Making the right moves in the business world just got easier with Deal Monitor, a new competitive intelligence solution from Thomson West, a business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). Part of the Counsel Monitor strategic intelligence suite, Deal Monitor provides corporate counsel the ability to track, monitor and analyze mergers, acquisitions and securities information, starting at the industry level and working down to individual transactions, companies, financial advisors and outside counsel.
With the rate of information exchange in the business world, it's not hard for professionals to fall behind on the latest business activity. By bringing together information from LIVEDGAR securities filings, Thomson Financial and West's premier legal and regulatory databases, Deal Monitor gives corporate counsel a big-picture view of trends, deal values and relationships. Added usability enables corporate counsel to generate comprehensive, four-color reports and download specific, qualitative analysis on a variety of topics.
"Our corporate customers have told us that they need resources to see what's behind the scenes and what might be coming around the corner," said Tim Wahlberg, vice president of Strategic Marketing for the Corporate Strategic Segment of West. "With Deal Monitor, corporate counsel can get the inside track on their industry, their peers and the deals being made, giving them a competitive advantage and moving their organizations into a better strategic position in the marketplace. Deal Monitor takes information and puts it into a useful resource corporate professionals can use."
With Deal Monitor, corporate counsel can:
- Estimate the total value of transactions in a specific industry or by competition;
- View completed, pending and withdrawn deals;
- Flexibility in interface and report appearance
- Find underwriters, financial advisers and transactional attorneys with experience; and
- Uncover key relationships between companies, law firms, underwriters and financial advisers.
With the addition of Deal Monitor, Counsel Monitor provides quick, comprehensive information that highlights areas of opportunity and possible risk for faster, smarter decisions.
About Thomson West
Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., Thomson West is the foremost provider of
integrated information solutions to the U.S. legal market. Thomson West is a
business within The Thomson Corporation
(NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and was formed when West Publishing and Thomson Legal
Publishing merged in June 1996. For more information, please visit the Thomson
West Web site at west.thomson.com.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com),
with 2005 revenues of $8.5 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated
information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson
provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than
20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services,
higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and assessment,
scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in
Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 40,500 employees and provides
services in approximately 130 countries. The Corporation's common shares are
listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
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