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LexisNexis® Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Center
Designed for the specific needs of M&A attorneys and their teams, the LexisNexis Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Center provides a task-based approach throughout the lifecycle of complex corporate transactions. Located under the Transactional Advisor tab on lexis.com®, the M&A Practice Center helps you research and prepare closing checklists, structure deals, conduct due diligence, obtain highly relevant transaction precedent, find the latest news and get authoritative information and guidance on negotiating, documenting and consummating corporate transactions.
The LexisNexis® Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Center provides M&A attorneys and their teams a single-access point to current and comprehensive information throughout every step of a deal.
- News on the latest developments in your practice
Stay up-to-date on events that affect your practice with news from The Wall Street Journal®, The New York Times®, The Daily Deal™ and FactSet Flashwire™. You’ll find coverage of M&A market and industry news, trends and activities. Ongoing alerts let you receive stories online or via e-mail—automatically at the interval you specify.
- Help in structuring your next deal
Get filings from recent deals by type of deal, company type and industry. Review analysis of M&A activity on a statistical, industrial, geographic, roster or historical basis. Use sample deal documents. Get details on deals and companies from FactSet MergerMetrics, FactSet SharkRepellent and more.
- Comprehensive due diligence resources
Review private and public company profiles from Dun & Bradstreet®, Experian®, Reuters® Research and others. Get in-depth person, company and location searches in a single report. Refer to comprehensive federal case law as well as an extensive collection of court dockets. Search one of the largest collections of news, business and financial news available online. Get help performing due diligence with checklists and other expert guidance.
- An extensive collection of forms and templates for use in drafting deal documents
Precedent agreements, including exhibits from filings, give you a view into how other deals have been structured. Refer to organizational documents, including articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificates of organization, written consents and others. Use sample forms from sources like Warren’s Forms of Agreements®, and Rabkin & Johnson Current Legal Forms with Tax Analysis. Get drafting requirements and regulations, releases and other documents from the SEC. Access statutes from all 50 states. Get help and practical guidance on questions that arise on a day-to-day basis.
- Tools to help negotiate your next deal
Get help to prepare for negotiating your next deal with up-to-date articles and journals including analytical treatises like Negotiating Purchase or Merger Agreements from Term Sheet to Closing, A Practical Guide to Negotiation and Settlement, and Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement. Access a wide range of law reviews, legal journals and news publications.
- Gain access to comprehensive M&A resources written by experts in the field.
Whether it's your first M&A transaction or your 100th, the M&A Practice Guide from Matthew Bender® will help you from the initial planning phase through implementation and closure. Written by seasoned experts from the law firm of Gibson Dunn, the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Guide is your one-stop source for tips, insights, and practical information about the complex world of mergers and acquisitions.
- Checklists, filing instructions and manuals on closing, executing, and filing deals
Understand execution and filing requirements for all 50 states and federal regulations and guidelines including SEC Regulations M-A, S-T, S-K and the SEC Filing Manual. Use checklists and filing instructions, exchange and SRO manuals, analytical sources, guides and checklists.
