By certain calculations, one in five deals fail even after a definitive agreement has been reached, and some do not even make it to the table. General Counsel are often held accountable by their executive teams and boards for transactions that collapsed. Dario de Martino spoke on the panel, “Reducing the Fail Rate: Elevate Your Role in the Deal” at the Bloomberg Law Leadership Forum, to discuss how to anticipate why a deal may fail and the steps general counsel can take to mitigate the failure rate.