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FUELING ORGANIC GROWTH: Business Expansion and Talent Acquisition
Business growth into new markets may occur through organic growth or acquisition. When acquiring a business enterprise, a company, through due diligence, will determine whether key relationships have been properly...Read more
Jo Anne Schwendinger
AGC Information Management, Deere & Company, USA
Bric Merger Control - The New Regulatory Frontier
Global M&A activity increasingly focuses on businesses with assets and/or sales in the BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China. From the end of May 2012, when the regime...Read more
Emily Roche
Senior Counsel - Competition, Rio Tinto Group, UK
Merger Control in China - Past Practice and Future Developments
This paper will provide the reader an insight into the Chinese merger control regime outlining the legal framework, applicable laws and competent authorities after the introduction of China’s first comprehensive...Read more
Miika Junttila
Sr. Legal Counsel, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Australia
The New Merger Control Regulations in India
From June 1, 2011, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) will have the power to intervene in all major mergers and acquisitions in the country. It has become mandatory for...Read more
Satish Kumar
Global Head Legal and Chief Data Protection Officer, Ramco Systems, India
Recent Trends in US Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation
In 2010 mergers and acquisitions (‘M&A’) activity rebounded from recent lows with U.S. activity up 16.3% in 2010 over 2009. With this rebound came a number of new new structural...Read more
Sam Snider
Vice President & Lead Acquisition Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
Ken Thompson
Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer, Reed Elsevier, Inc., USA
Structures for International Private Equity Investment in the PRC
Over the last several years, a number of emerging trends have increased the attractiveness of utilizing onshore RMB-denominated investment vehicles to international private equity investors operating in China. While the...Read more
Joseph Lovell
Managing Director, IAO Asia, Cambodia
Acquiring a Danish company - Financing The Acquisition Using the Target's Funds
Acquiring a Danish company poses much the same challenges as acquiring a company in most other jurisdictions. However under Danish law issues may arise relating to the financing of...Read more
David Hjortsø
Deputy Head of Legal DK, Danske Bank, Denmark
Recent Trends in US Mergers and Acquisitions: Litigation and Regulatory Actions
Both anecdotal and quantitative data confirm that global mergers and acquisitions (‘M&A’) activity collapsed alongside the global financial markets in the second half of 2008. According to Capital IQ deal...Read more
Sam Snider
Vice President & Lead Acquisition Counsel, LexisNexis, USA
Ken Thompson
Senior Vice President/Chief Legal Officer, Reed Elsevier, Inc., USA
Can you Prepare for Nationalization? 10 Things That YOU Can Do NOW!
The following practical advice, based on Bolivian experience, could help you to establish a set of preventive/mitigating actions that you, as in-house legal advisor, should implement in order to lessen...Read more
Gastón Bilder
Legal Counsel, Total SA, France
The Acquisition of the Publicly-Held Shares of Shell Canada Limited
The acquisition by affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“RDS”) of the publicly-held shares of Shell Canada Limited (“Shell Canada”) was one of the major transactions in the oil and...Read more
David Brinley
Vice President - General Counsel, Shell Canada Limited, Canada
Michael Coates
Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate, Shell International B.V., Netherlands