M&A Deal Summary

CeriFi Acquires Checkpoint Learning

On December 1, 2022, CeriFi acquired education company Checkpoint Learning from Thomson Reuters

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CeriFi’s 12th transaction in the Education sector.
  • This is CeriFi’s 11th transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-12-01
Target Checkpoint Learning
Sector Education
Buyer(s) CeriFi
Sellers(s) Thomson Reuters
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Checkpoint Learning

United States
Checkpoint Learning is a provider of continuing professional education solutions for tax and accounting professionals, providing individuals and firms with a wide catalog of courses along with the tools and an online learning platform to manage professional development.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

CeriFi

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Category Company
Founded 2017
Sector Education
DESCRIPTION

CeriFi is a diversified education, training and certification provider serving firms and professionals across the financial services market. CeriFi was founded in 2017 and is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 12
Sector: Education M&A 12 of 12
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 11 of 11
Year: 2022 M&A 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-01 West LegalEdcenter

United States

West LegalEdcenter provides continuing legal education solutions and services to thousands of legal professionals, maintaining an expansive library of on-demand educational content and knowledge that spans the legal world and manages compliance with legal education requirements.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Thomson Reuters

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1851
Sector Information Services
Employees25,600
Revenue 7.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Thomson Reuters' office in Eagan, Minnesota.
Thomson Reuters' office in Eagan, Minnesota.

Thomson Reuters is an information source for businesses and professionals, delivering information to decision-makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property, and science and media markets. Thomson Reuters was formed in 1851 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 31 of 34
Sector: Education M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 29 of 32
Country: United States M&A 20 of 22
Year: 2022 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-12-01 Thomson Reuters - Compliance Learning

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Thomson Reuters' Compliance Learning is a provider of ethics and compliance program management and learning solutions. Thomson Reuters' Compliance Learning is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-04-04 Elite

New York, New York, United States

Elite is a provider of integrated practice and financial management systems for professional service firms worldwide. It provides billing systems for the legal industry to deliver a variety of products and consulting services to other professional service markets, including accounting, engineering, marketing and management and IT consulting. Elite is based in New York, New York.

Sell $500M