Why communication is important to your deal

Aug 10, 2011 - by Elizabeth Caley

Starting yesterday, over 100,000 users have access to a new Firmex release when they next log in.  What has the team been busy working on for the last few months?  Making it easier for you to communicate.

The markets are turbulent, economies shaky, headlines nerve-wracking. But whether it’s a merger, acquisition, divestiture, or fundraise, you need your transaction to get done with as little delay, confusion or distraction as possible.

As a busy lawyer, investment banker, or project manager, you’ve made it clear to us how critical it is for you to be able to communicate with everyone taking part in your deal, project or matter.  Maybe you’re moving up a deadline, changing some terms, or just reminding folks of what comes next.

But, your emails might be overlooked, or worse yet, caught in spam filters.  And did you remember to add everyone who needed this information on the message?  Will you be able to quickly go back and confirm what was sent when, and to whom?

In this release, we’re really happy to introduce the Firmex Message Center – a straightforward and useful way for those of you running the show to communicate everyone in your deal. 

Of course, you can still send messages using email.  Just log in to Firmex, browse and select the individual, company, or permission group of users. Or better yet, just type in a few letters of their name in the To: box and see all your options. 

And now with this release, you can also select to send a message to a user’s Firmex Message Center – so next time they log in, they will see their unread messages in a central location. 

And for those very important messages, have them displayed on a schedule, to the users you want, front and center in their Firmex application.  Display the highest priority ones at the top automatically, with colored backgrounds indicating their importance.   Format your messages using Rich Text to make sure you get your point across clearly. And schedule messages to start and expire when you want.

Of course you always want your deal or project to run as smoothly as possible, and our team is working hard to help in every way we can.

More on other highlights of this release coming soon.