M&A Deal Summary

LexisNexis Acquires Verilaw Technologies

On May 12, 2004, LexisNexis acquired internet software and services company Verilaw Technologies from TRF Private Equity

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LexisNexis’ 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is LexisNexis’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is LexisNexis’ 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-05-12
Target Verilaw Technologies
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) LexisNexis
Sellers(s) TRF Private Equity
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Verilaw Technologies

Albany, New York, United States
Verilaw Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of electronic filing and case management services to law firms and court systems. Their unique service saves customers time and money and reduces the amount of paper copying and filing necessary in multi-party cases. Most of the top 100 litigation firms in the United States use Verilaw.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

LexisNexis

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

LexisNexis a provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis was formed in 1973 and is headquartered in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 16
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 2 of 13
State: New York M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 11
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-07-31 Dolan Media Holding Co.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Dolan Media Holding Co. is a provider of highly targeted, specialized business information products and services. It distributes law and business news online and also publishes daily and weekly business publications, including court and commercial newspapers and business journals, in 21 U.S. metro markets.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-14 Seisint

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Seisint, Inc. provided information products and processing services that allowed organizations to quickly and easily extract knowledge from extremely large databases. The company's proprietary data-linking algorithms allowed customers to cost effectively scan a data repository of billions of records in a fraction of a second, correlate and filter the information, and generate results highly useful for risk mitigation

Buy $775M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TRF Private Equity

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 48M USD
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TRF Private Equity is a private equity firm that looks to invest in businesses operating in the Mid-Atlantic US. TRF has a special interest in acquiring companies that create job opportunities for low-and middle-income workers. The Firm generally looks to support businesses with $5 to $50 million in revenue and that are at or near profitability. Sectors of interest include technology/electronic manufacturing, manufacturing for niche industrial sectors, consumer products, education, financial services, communications, and business services. TRF's investment horizon is four to six years. In addition to providing equity capital, TRF will consider subordinated debt investments. TRF maintains offices in Philadelphia and Baltimore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-12-01 Bulova Technologies Group

Largo, Florida, United States

Bulova Technologies Group is a provider of products and services, including healthcare, compliance, security encryption software, and CNC machining centers. Bulova Technologies Group is the parent company of BT-Twiss Transport LLC, Bulova Technologies Machinery LLC, and Bulova Technologies Europe LLC. Bulova Technologies Group is based in Largo, Florida.

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