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Keeping track of changes to the myriad of laws surrounding mergers and acquisitions in one country is a challenge in and of itself - but trying to navigate the law across multiple jurisdictions without any help is a fool's errand.

Leading law firms around the world are tuning into a new generation of market databases that allow them to provide their clients with a world-class service. And one of the leading market databases trusted by over 100 top law firms worldwide is Caselex.

Caselex allows law firms to keep track of changes to the law across 58 jurisdictions - it houses insights on 20,000 decisions and over 63,000 definitions, and provides a wealth of real-time insights written and edited by an in-house team of competition lawyers.  

Stephen Spinks, Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin, says "Caselex fills a merger control law knowledge. It is highly appreciated and substantially used by our competition lawyers." 

In lack of trustworthy sources, many competition lawyers are reliant on search engines like Google to track merger laws or decisions - or to track news relating to mergers.

However, Caselex make it easy for competition lawyers to track decisions alongside staying up to date with the latest market definitions, anti-competitive effects and remedies.

Some sites or products might boast about being "international" whilst only covering English speaking countries or news across a single continent. Caselex's team of legal experts make the effort to translate precedents from any jurisdiction and any language into English, allowing you and your team to have truly unique insights and market knowledge. Caslex covers merger controls across five continents - and as we mentioned earlier, it includes 58 different jurisdictions!

Having access to thousands of international decisions and definitions is great on paper - but it means nothing without the insights and understanding to make sense of these decisions in a local and global context. Whatever case you're working on at the moment, Caselex will help you to find precedents of market delineations and ensure the service you're offering to your clients is truly market-leading. 

One of the most common ways of understanding a local market and its merger controls is by appointing local legal counsel. This may be effective in ensuring your adequately understand the market, and subsequently, at minimising risk - but it can also stack up costs pretty fast. Caselex relies on commentary and insights from industry leading competition and anti-trust lawyers. While you still might need local counsel, it can reduce some of the costs (such as first assessments).