Between sustainability and the pursuit of efficiency – Annual M&A Integration Conference
What are the special features of Chinese investors in the integration of acquired companies? How do they differ from buyers from Europe and the United States? The German M&A Association explored these and other questions at its first annual M&A Integration Conference. Around 50 M&A experts from companies and consultancies gathered on May 9 at […]
Communication working group: Shareholder activism & the power of communication
What role does communication play when activist shareholders make demands on the management of a company? How can/should/may management react? On April 19, around 40 participants discussed these and other questions with Tibor Kossa, Head of M&A Germany and Austria, Credit Suisse, Hendrik Bender, Associate Director, Hering Schuppener, and Dr. Christoph Nawroth, Partner, Herbert Smith […]
Review: Bavarian-Chinese Spring Festival
Several hundred guests from the worlds of politics, business, culture and art gathered at the Alte Kongresshalle in Munich on March 16. This is where the Chinaforum Bayern had once again invited guests to its tried and tested Bavarian-Chinese Spring Festival. Bavarian shoemaking and beer stein wrestling, traditional fan painting and modern Chinese art, soccer […]
Follow-up report AK company valuation from January 31, 2018
The inaugural meeting of the BM&A and EACVA company valuation working group took place in Munich on January 31. Around 50 participants met at the offices of Rödl & Partner to discuss topics relating to company valuation and purchase price determination. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Lucks (Chairman of BM&A) gave an exciting insight into the many […]
Follow-up report on the M&A Night on 21.11.2017
Based on the annual Corporate M&A Congress in Munich, GoingPublic Media AG, together with the German M&A Association, organized its own evening event for the M&A community for the first time this year in order to bring together all important representatives of the industry for an informal exchange. The specific reason for the celebration was […]
Review: 14th German Corporate M&A Congress in Munich
Around 300 M&A specialists, CEOs, CFOs and other M&A managers from all over Germany discussed current trends and issues at the 14th M&A Congress in Munich. In presentations and panel discussions, the experts exchanged views on current market tendencies, trends in mergers and acquisitions and the practice of M&A managers in companies and in legal […]
Follow-up report on the lecture event of the Compliance working group on July 6, 2017
On July 6, 2017, the Compliance Working Group held a lecture event in Munich on the topic of M&A transactions in China. Adrian Emch, partner in the antitrust law department of the law firm Hogan Lovells in Beijing, gave an overview of the process of company acquisitions in China. He focused on compliance issues, in […]
Review: Global M&A Summit in Beijing
Five international M&A experts held an exciting discussion at the high-profile M&A Summit in Beijing on November 8. Moderated by Tom Mackenzie, Bloomberg TV’s China correspondent, GONG Jianzhong, CEO of Bank of China, and Fred Hu, founder of Primavera Capital Group, among others, discussed their ideas for successful M&A strategies and their implementation in a […]
