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Besting other project financing deals by a considerable margin, the Ichthys LNG project, a joint venture between Australian and Japanese consortiums…
The past 18 months have seen an unprecedented upturn in cross-regional acquisitions in the Americas, with cash-rich individuals and corporations in Asia eager to participate in a spate of outbound foreign investment. In this edition of Asian-Counsel, we cover the major challenges, benefits and risks to Asian investors looking to do business in the Americas, from forming an effective M&A strategy to the obstacles and dangers to investment in Latin America and entering a sophisticated market such as the US.
The Philippine Competition Commission published its Rules on Merger Procedure …
The perceived lack of bankable projects by international investors, not the lack of available capital, is the key impediment …
Treasury Proposes New Rules dealing with the Tax Treatment of the conversion of Debt into Equity …
Spurred by growing investor confidence, Asia and MENA enjoyed stellar mergers and acquisitions activity in 2010 against a backdrop of record-breaking activity in the capital markets. According to Citigroup, total M&A volume climbed by almost 50 percent to a staggering US$470.5 billion. The Financial Times, quoting Dealogic, reported that US$163.2 billion was raised through 768 Asian initial public offerings last year, a dramatic increase from just US$ 70.2 billion in 354 listings in 2009. The size of Asian deals has been steadily increasing too, with transactions worth more than US$1 billion up sharply from the previous year. These trends are reflected in our winning Deals of the Year …
