M&A Deal Summary

FindLaw Acquires Glasser Legalworks

On January 26, 2004, FindLaw acquired publishing company Glasser Legalworks from Sandler Capital Management

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is FindLaw’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is FindLaw’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is FindLaw’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-01-26
Target Glasser Legalworks
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) FindLaw
Sellers(s) Sandler Capital Management
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Glasser Legalworks

Little Falls, New Jersey, United States
Glasser LegalWorks, founded in 1995 by Stephen and Lynn Glasser, is widely known for its management events, including The Marketing Partner Forum, Law Firm Leaders Forum and Executive Director/CFO Forum; its substantive law seminars, including ERISA Litigation, Annual Proxy Statement and Disclosure Documents conference and SEC Disclosure and Accounting conference; and its newsletters, including "Wall Street Lawyer" and "M&A Lawyer."

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

FindLaw

Eagan, Minnesota, United States
Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

FindLaw is a provider of online legal information and solutions for the legal community, businesses and individuals. FindLaw was founded in 1995 and is based in Eagan, Minnesota.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2004) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-07-26 Hubbard One

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Hubbard One is a provider of marketing applications to large US law firms.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sandler Capital Management

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 1990
PE ASSETS 1.6B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Sandler Capital Management is a private investment firm that manages both hedge funds and private equity funds. Sandler's private equity practice was established in 1990, which targets investments in the media, communications, entertainment and marketing/information services sectors. Sandler will consider minority or majority positions and has a target investment size of $5 to $60 million per transaction. Sandler Capital is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 10
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 8
State (New Jersey) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 9
Year (2004) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-05-13 Nuera Communications

Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Nuera Communications - a provider of Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) infrastructure solutions.

Buy $20M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-05-26 MobilTel AD

Sofia, Bulgaria

Mobiltel EAD is the largest GSM mobile telephony operator in Bulgaria with a 75% market share.

Buy €1.2B
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