Kelly Smith

Tips for multilingual desktop publishing

Tips for multilingual desktop publishing Publishing in several different languages is always challenging. Fortunately, there are a range of translation service providers with desktop publishing (DTP) on offer to ensure the entire process goes smoothly.... Read >

The importance of IT due diligence during the M&A process

The importance of IT due diligence during the M&A process Most firms, when looking to take part in mergers and acquisitions activity will want to generate synergies. However, many deals fail to achieve the required level of synergy due to inadequate fo... Read >

Integrating your multilingual translations and your content management system

Integrating your multilingual translations and your content management system When running a multilingual website, your choice of content management system (CMS) is an important one. Ensuring that you choose a system that simplifies the process as a much... Read >

How effective multilingual translations aid cross-border due diligence

How effective multilingual translations aid cross-border due diligence After several years of trepidation, businesses are finally beginning to start looking for growth through mergers and acquisitions. Companies sitting on vast cash reserves and are qu... Read >

Can a Translation Management System help you create an effective globalized website?

Can a Translation Management System help you create an effective globalized website? Businesses all over the US, Europe and Asia are increasingly looking towards previously uncharted territories for new markets and growth. Although most of us realize t... Read >

Quality medical translation will prove essential to effective e-labeling

Quality medical translation will prove essential to effective e-labeling E-labeling refers to the electronic labeling of medical devices, including instructions for use (IFU), labels on devices themselves and other literature published by the manufactu... Read >

Consolidation to drive M&A activity in 2012

Consolidation to drive M&A activity in 2012 Several recent studies, backed up by views from industry experts, suggest that consolidation and the desire to exploit economies of scale could be a major driver of merger and acquisitions activity in 2012. ... Read >

Discovery in Due Diligence and the Essential Steps to Take

Discovery in Due Diligence and the Essential Steps to Take By Ross Whittaker The stakes have changed in M&A “due diligence” over the past few years. A growing interest in cross-border investments, increasing regulation and a competitive marketplace ha... Read >

Latest Valuation and Transaction-Structuring Trends in Today’s M&A Market

Latest Valuation and Transaction-Structuring Trends in Today’s M&A Market For corporate deal professionals, M&A bankers, lawyers, consultants and both buy-side and sell-side analysts involved in the M&A market who are looking to stay abreast of topical d... Read >

Top 3 Translation Operational Best Practices

Top 3 Translation Operational Best Practices While most translation projects follow more or less the same pattern of steps expected in a project management operation, each and every one of them is unique in their own way. When choosing a language service... Read >

Paper Paper Everywhere? Welcome to the new world of online Due Diligence

Paper Paper Everywhere? Welcome to the new world of online Due Diligence by Chris Robilliard Financial transactions are part of a company’s life-cycle, whether it’s an M&A; IPO, diversification or capital raising - the ability to complete comprehensiv... Read >

Global Executives Admire Growth in China but Are Taking a Measured Approach to Conducting Business t

Global Executives Admire Growth in China but Are Taking a Measured Approach to Conducting Business the Region About half (51 percent) of global financial executives have little to no interest in accepting an investment from, or being acquired by, a Chine... Read >

Don’t Get Lost in [FCPA] Translation

Don’t Get Lost in [FCPA] Translation Guest blog by Jay Rosen of Merrill Brink International Reposted with permission from Tom Fox’s “FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog” http://tfoxlaw.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/dont-get-lost-in-fcpa-translation/ Post me... Read >

Africa leads the way for growth in Telecoms M&A

Africa leads the way for growth in Telecoms M&A by Caroline Clayfield Telecoms is proving an increasingly active market in emerging economies, and healthy M&A activity is expected to follow. There have been a number of notable telecoms and cable T... Read >

How to Value a Private Business

How to Value a Private Business by Caroline Clayfield Any professional business valuer, private equity analyst, broker or experienced company trader will tell you that valuing a business is more a 'black art' than exact science. Making an accurate val... Read >