In past post, we have discussed how the use of data rooms in the UAE has increased in the recent years as the Middle East has increased its weight in the global M&A market. We have been providing Virtual Data Room services in the Middle East for quite a while now, for companies in Dubai, Turkey and Israel and we are seeing a lot of

投资银行家在大多数虚拟资料室中占据主导地位，他们连接项目双方，是并购项目的主要发起人。投行从业者往往能够帮助客户创造最大价值，尤其那些在某一领域拥有多年经验的人。我们14年来的经验表明，投行在虚拟资料室中占用主导地位： 1）决定项目启动时间 市场条件影响项目进程。良好的市场环境能够是项目进行的更加顺利。一般来说，当市场趋向悲观时，并购项目进行的较为困难，因为买方往往会严格控制成本。而经验丰富的银行家对市场的变化非常敏感，他们会在最合适的时间启动项目以帮助客户寻求最大利润。 2）建立竞争优势 投资银行会向潜在买家说明投资某一公司的重要性以及优势。因此，他们需要深度了解客户需求，以便更好的评估资产。同时，投行需要尽可能邀请多个潜在买方，只有这样才能实现竞争优势，使项目顺利进行。

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On average 140 people search for “Virtual Data Room Comparison” globally on Google each month. There are many options when setting up a dataroom and with so much choice out there, it is easy to be overwhelmed.  In the past, we have already discussed the most common mistakes that people make when choosing a data room provider and the factors to take into account when

Law firms are increasingly deploying their own Internet-based virtual data rooms (VDRs), as part of their basic document management solution. This is a good idea in theory because it keeps confidential documentation in-house, leading to a sense of greater control. It also expands the use of the VDRs beyond the relatively small number of service providers that operate facilities. Often, the firms use white-label VDR technology supplied

A Data Room (virtual dataroom or VDR) is, simply put, an electronic version of a traditional data room, accessed through a secure, encrypted web connection, where parties can access the documentation needed during due diligence. It is hosted by a dataroom service provider, who makes sure that all information is held securely allowing the clients to select what each user can do with each piece

Virtual data rooms (VDRs) are now common in most M&A transactions. In fact, a virtual data room is the best solution not only to perform due diligence but also to store all the information in the due diligence pre-phase and to maintain a site to keep communication in the post phase.

  According to a very interesting McKinsey Quarterly article, acquisitions are in general successful if they follow one of these objectives: Improve the target company’s performance Consolidate to remove excess capacity from industry Accelerate market access for the target’s (or buyer’s) products Get skills or technologies faster or at lower cost than they can be built Pick winners early and help them develop their businesses

Interesting article by Paul Siegenthaler author of the highly recommended book "Perfect M&As" about the 10 main reasons for M&A failure.Paul highlights poor due diligence as one of the key factors that make M&A transactions fail. I cannot agree more. In the last 20 years I have participated in a number of transactions in which value was destroyed due to poor due diligence.The main reasons