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The International Institute for the Study of Cross-Border M&A is a joint venture between the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, the Stern School of Business at New York University, and Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.

The purpose of the Institute is to promote the high-level study and analysis of cross-border mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments. The Institute provides a forum for pragmatic, de-politicized analysis of current market dynamics that fuel business expansion through cross-border M&A, and of the financial, legal, governmental and societal frameworks that facilitate or hinder such activity.

The Institute plans to hold a series of annual symposia to address strategic and tactical issues related to international cross-border mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments, and the underlying forces, constraints, trends and developments that are shaping or impeding important cross-border transactions.

The Institute's inaugural Symposium will be held in Beijing on June 12-13, 2008. Topics to be covered at the Beijing Symposium will include:

  • CROSS-BORDER M&A: STRATEGY, TACTICS AND DEAL STRUCTURE - Advance Preparations and Relationship Building; Understanding the Local Rules of the Road and Developing a Roadmap; Clearing Political, Regulatory, Legal and Financial Hurdles; and Flexible Structuring (Takeover vs. Synthetic Merger vs. JV vs. Stepped Foothold).
  • BALANCING MARKET IMPERATIVES WITH THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Benefits and detriments of incoming and outgoing business expansion through cross-border M&A. When are protectionist regulations legitimate and when are they self-defeating and excessive? Crafting optimal regulations.
  • GLOBAL PLAYERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL - Roles and Implications of Global Multi-national Companies, Global Investment Banks and Financial Intermediaries, Sovereign Investment Funds, State Owned Enterprises, and Multi-national Buyout and Hedge Funds; Integration of Chinese firms into the global M&A markets.
  • GOING GLOBAL: THE ROAD AHEAD FOR CHINESE COMPANIES - Lessons Learned from Recent Deals, Political Considerations, Transaction Structures, Regulatory Hurdles (including Anti-Trust), Tax Considerations, M&A Rules of the Road, Disclosure Issues, Financing the Deal, Post-Merger Integration and Governance, Running a Multi-National.
  • CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE GLOBE: POST-MERGER LESSONS, INTEGRATION AND GOVERNANCE - After the champagne; Making the deal work and governing the enterprise in a multi-national joint company; Lessons learned.