Corporate entity information is business-critical data that makes its way into nearly every business process. Corporate legal departments are often tasked with maintaining and operationalizing this data across the business for strategic purposes.

However, a recent survey by EY revealed that 89% of legal department leaders reported substantial challenges with legal entity management giving them concerns about their deal readiness. Most seasoned legal professionals have seen transactions delayed because subsidiaries are not in good standing, have outdated appointee records or other administrative friction.

This ebook provides an overview of best practices to stand-up an effective subsidiary management operations function in your company; including:

• 3 reasons why subsidiary management is difficult to operationalize
• Why alignment on subsidiary governance framework is important
• How to achieve data governance in a legal entity management software platform
• 3 entity management models for legal departments
• How entity management plays a role in international tax & transfer pricing compliance