Streamline FCPA Due Diligence
A smart and simple approach to streamline FCPA due diligence in cross-border M&A Efficient, effective FCPA due diligence with Merrill’s convenient document management and language translation services
Merrill Corporation offers two critical components to accelerate the FCPA due diligence process – Merrill DataSite, our premier virtual data room solution, and Merrill Brink translation services.
As business grows more global in scope every day, companies are being pressed to prove that they comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in all their international business endeavors. Government investigation is more extensive than ever, and increasingly focused on companies involved in cross-border M&A transactions. As many companies are now discovering, under the FCPA, an acquiring company may be held liable for any unlawful payments made by the acquired company, regardless if the payments were made before or after the acquisition. In fact, a recent Deloitte LLP survey of 500 business professionals at companies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico found that 63 percent of the respondents aborted or renegotiated a deal over corruption issues.
The best protection lies in establishing a flexible FCPA due diligence program that can be adapted to address all your cross-border transactions, regardless of geographic location and language requirements. Implementing such a program is much simpler when you partner with Merrill Corporation.
Merrill Brink International and Merrill DataSite – the right tools for faster, more efficient FCPA due diligence
Merrill Corporation offers two critical components to accelerate the FCPA due diligence process – Merrill DataSite, our premier virtual data room solution, and Merrill Brink translation services.
1 Merrill Brink for comprehensive language translation services
Simplify foreign language due diligence with Merrill Brink’s comprehensive translation services. A proven leader with more than 30 years of experience, our translation expertise extends to more than 100 languages. Our global reach allows us to service our clients according to their schedules with the local resources they require. Services include:
■ A proprietary language identification tool to sort and segregate documents by language
■ Foreign language optical character recognition (OCR) to convert TIFF images to text and allow native language search
■ Machine translation to provide a basic understanding of the content of foreign language documents
■ Document summaries as a filter to help identify which documents require more thorough translation
■ Informational translations for internal use
■ Certified translations for use in court-ordered documents
■ Bilingual contract attorneys for document review
An accurate translation is critical to help you identify potential FCPA issues in your due diligence. We can help you save time and money by culling large collections of documents to identify the items that truly require translation.
2 Merrill DataSite for faster access to documents and greater control over information
You can greatly simplify FCPA-related document collection with Merrill DataSite, a completely secure online virtual data room (VDR) solution that efficiently houses business information for electronic due diligence in mergers and acquisitions. With Merrill DataSite, your virtual data room can be up and running in two hours or less, and thousands of pages of content can be made available in 24 hours or less. Our solution enables our clients to:
■ Quickly and securely share information with cross-functional team members and external parties, regardless of their geographic locations
■ Reduce the risk of team members overlooking important information by ensuring that it is all stored in a secure, centralized document repository
■ Provide an audit trail to show FCPA due diligence review activities related to document review in the virtual data room
■ Reduce time and labor costs associated with document management
■ Accelerate the entire FCPA due diligence review process
Merrill DataSite is ISO 27001-certified, serving as confirmation that it meets the industry’s most stringent standards for security for international business transactions. For more information, visit datasite.com or call US at 888-867-0309 or UK at 44 (0) 207 422-6100.
An accurate translation is critical to help you identify potential FCPA issues in your due diligence. We can help you save time and money by culling large collections of documents to identify the items that truly require translation. We can also translate codes of conduct and training materials to support your ongoing compliance and e-learning programs.
Better information transparency to drive better due diligence results
Merrill’s solutions make it much easier to achieve the level of information transparency demanded by FCPA compliance requirements today. To find out how we can help your organization implement an efficient FCPA due diligence program, please contact your Merrill sales representative today.
By Guest Blogger: Merrill Corporation
