M&A 2018 Annual Review

ThreatMetrix Morrison & Foerster advised ThreatMetrix, a leader in the global risk-based authentication sector, in its $817 million acquisition by RELX Group. ThreatMetrix’s technology analyzes connections among devices, locations, anonymized identity information, and threat intelligence, and combines this data with behavioral analytics to identify high-risk digital behavior and transactions in real time. It boasts one of the largest repositories of online digital identities in the world, encompassing 1.4 billion unique online identities from 4.5 billion devices in 185 countries. “OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS THE THREATMETRIX TEAM HAS PIONEERED THE DIGITAL IDENTITY SPACE, AND BY COMBINING THE STRENGTH OF LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS AND THREATMETRIX INTO A SINGLE BUSINESS, OUR CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS, AND EMPLOYEES WILL BENEFIT WITH A UNIQUE AND COMPELLING MARKET OPPORTUNITY.” Reed Taussig, President and CEO, ThreatMetrix 27 MORRISON & FOERSTER 2018 M&A ANNUAL REVIEW