Legal TranslationServices

A top-tier international law firm was engaged in a $4.2 billion cross-border acquisition involving parties in 6 countries. The deal required translation of 285,000+ pages of due diligence documents, contracts, regulatory filings, and shareholder communications across 9 languages (English, Mandarin, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, and Arabic). The firm faced a 90-day deadline with severe penalties for delays, required court-certified translations for regulatory filings in multiple jurisdictions, and needed to maintain attorney-client privilege throughout the process.

Day Translations assembled a specialized legal translation task force including: (1) 65 legal translators with J.D. equivalents or paralegal certifications in their respective jurisdictions, (2) Subject matter experts in M&A, securities law, and regulatory compliance for each target country, (3) Secure virtual data room integration with Intralinks and Merrill for document management, (4) 24/7 translation coverage across time zones to meet aggressive deadlines, (5) Legal terminology databases customized for each jurisdiction's legal framework, and (6) Triple-layer quality assurance with legal review by licensed attorneys in each jurisdiction.

The acquisition closed successfully 12 days ahead of schedule. Key outcomes: 100% of translated documents accepted by regulatory authorities in all 6 jurisdictions without revision requests, zero confidentiality breaches throughout the engagement, $850,000 in avoided delay penalties, 15% cost savings vs. the firm's previous translation vendor through translation memory optimization, the firm subsequently engaged Day Translations for 3 additional major transactions, and estimated ROI of 425% when factoring in avoided delays and regulatory complications.