Pandea Global M&A Expands Across Asia

Pandea Global M&A Expands Across Asia

Pandea Global M&A welcomes two new member firms in Asia following a successful Rotterdam meetup, bringing its worldwide reach up to 34 countries. Conival, a Shanghai-based firm, and Mergerstone Capital from Singapore join the network, strengthening the preexisting...

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Pandea Global launches M&A Dealmakers Awards

Pandea Global launches M&A Dealmakers Awards

Pandea Global M&A – the international corporate finance advisor network established by Dow Schofield Watts – is launching its inaugural M&A Dealmakers Awards at its Rotterdam 2023 conference in May. Looking to recognise and celebrate the outstanding...

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Corporate Finance Insights: Completion Accounts – The Risks

Corporate Finance Insights: Completion Accounts – The Risks

Over half of M&A transactions have a completion accounts mechanism, whereby the purchase price is arrived at by reference to the Target’s net asset value (“NAV”) as at completion. The purchase price is adjusted after completion to reflect the actual net assets of...

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Corporate Finance Insights: Completion Accounts Checklist

Corporate Finance Insights: Completion Accounts Checklist

Definitions: Is every definition self-explanatory? Is there any doubt about the meaning of words? Do all parties use the same words to mean the same thing (e.g., do management accounts include a balance sheet or cash flow statement)? Are there definitions elsewhere in...

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Corporate Finance Insights: Bridging the Value Gap

Corporate Finance Insights: Bridging the Value Gap

Contingent consideration and non-cash consideration are increasingly popular mechanisms both for closing deals, bridging a gap in price expectations, and addressing potential risks in post-deal performance. Contingent consideration can take many different forms: An...

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Corporate Finance Insights: The M&A Process

Corporate Finance Insights: The M&A Process

Determine Acquisition Strategy Identify and define acquisition criteria and strategic rationale Identify potential targets (or acquirers) Approach (or receive approaches) targets or their advisors Phase One Sign non-disclosure agreement(s) (NDAs) Review high-level...

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Corporate Finance Insights: The Acquisition Rationale

Corporate Finance Insights: The Acquisition Rationale

M&A can be rapidly implemented, and its benefits are quickly seen, whereas organic growth can often be slower, unproven, and requires significant time/costs. M&A is often centred upon strategic rationale by an acquirer based upon multiple factors, such as:...

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Pandea Global launches M&A Dealmakers Awards

M&A network now one of world’s top 8

Pandea Global M&A – the international corporate finance advisor network established by Dow Schofield Watts – has become one of the top eight of its type in the world after attracting a host of new members. Pandea has welcomed 10 new advisory firms in the past 12...

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