Mergers & Acquisitions in China

Dezan Shira & Associates is a specialist foreign direct investment practice, providing business advisory, tax, accounting, payroll and due diligence services to multinationals investing in China, Hong Kong, India and Vietnam. Established in 1992, the firm is a leading regional practice in Asia with seventeen offices in four jurisdictions, employing over 170 business advisory and tax professionals. Dezan Shira & Associates provides a combination of business advisory and accounting services to our clients, giving them the ability to acquire professional knowledge in the local legal regulatory environment in each country as well as the tax and financial implications of doing so. We also provide useful business information through our media and publishing house, Asia Briefing.

• China’s M&A environment.- Cooperative JVs versus Equity JVs.- Regulatory issues concerning acquisition of privately held enterprises.- Regulatory issues concerning acquisition of foreign-invested enterprises.- Regulatory issues concerning acquisition of state-owned enterprises.- Regulatory issues concerning acquisition of publically listed enterprises .-The China M&A transition and procedural structure.- Due diligence and risk analysis.- Valuating an acquisition target.- Negotiation strategies.- Buying bankrupt assets.- Workforce and management issues.- Tax planning.- Converting a Chinese company into a foreign-invested enterprise.- Common mistakes.