Running A Successful Cross-Border M&A Transaction
(Hong Kong-China)
This event has been awarded 3.5 CPD Points by The Law Society Of Hong Kong. 
 

Venue: Thomson Reuters, 42/F, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road,  Central, Hong Kong
Date: 9 December 2015, 8:00AM - 12:30PM

Asia Legal Business and Practical Law present a Masterclass to give you the practical tools you will need to manage, negotiate and close the acquisition by a Hong-Kong based buyer of a business in China. At this half-day Masterclass, leading cross-border M&A practitioners from elite PRC law firm Zhong Lun and Practical Law’s editorial team of former lawyers from top-ranked international firms will teach deal management techniques and give clause-by-clause explanations of key M&A deal documents drawn from Practical Law’s market leading contract templates.

Who Should Attend

  • Trainee solicitors
  • Solicitors with up to 2 years’ PQE
  • In-House Counsels  

 

Running A Successful Cross-Border M&A Transaction
(Hong Kong-China)
This event has been awarded 3.5 CPD Points by The Law Society Of Hong Kong. 

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Introduction: The Stages Of An M&A Transaction

Acquisition Types:
  • Shares
  • Equity Interests
  • Assets
  • Financed Acquisitions
How To Accurately Estimate The Time A Transaction Will Take Place At The Outset

What To Include In (And Leave Out Of) The Term Sheet 
  • Binding Or Non-Binding?
  • Key Clauses









Anatomy Of A Deal
  • Due Diligence: Requests, Reports And Specialists Areas
  • Share Purchase Agreements
  • Post-Closing Matters

Drafting Masterclass: Key Clauses Explained
  • We are the 99% - Reps And Warranties Receive Disproportionate Negotiation Time
  • What You Should Really Focus On: Key Commercial terms, CPs, Sources Of Liability







Negotiations: What Points To Raise And How To Win The Room
  • Understanding Incentives
  • Making It Stick - How Deal Lawyers Use Stories
  • When To Handle A Point Yourself And When To Defer To The Commercial Party
Handling The Outrageous Theorists And Other Common Deal Blockers






Stress Free Closing
  • Proper Preparation Saves Careers
  • The Closing Checklists
  • Signature Management
Running A Successful Cross-Border M&A Transaction
(Hong Kong-China)
This event has been awarded 3.5 CPD Points by The Law Society Of Hong Kong. 
 
 

Robert Lewis
Zhong Lun Law Firm, Senior International Counsel

Robert Lewis is the senior international counsel of Zhong Lun Law Firm based in Beijing. He was licensed to practice law in California in 1985, and has worked continuously in China since 1993. His practice focuses on in-bound and out-bound cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, with a particular emphasis on M&A, telecoms/IT transactions, and infrastructure projects, as well as clean energy and strategic partnering arrangements generally.

He was the first senior foreign lawyer to join a top Chinese law firm. Prior to joining Zhong Lun in Beijing he served as managing partner of the Beijing office of Lovells - now Hogan Lovells - for nine years and, prior to his stint with Lovells, he was Asia General Counsel for Nortel Networks. He worked in Los Angeles for seven years early in his career, principally with Sidley & Austin. Mr. Lewis is the only foreign lawyer who is a member of All China Lawyers Association Legal Training Committee, and has conducted hundreds of hours of training for Chinese lawyers and in-house legal counsel in cooperation in the ACLA and the State-owned Assets Supervisions and Administration Commission over more than a decade. 

Mr. Lewis leads Zhong Lun’s strategic cooperation with Practical Law Company (acquired by Thomson Reuters) in connection with the preparation of the Practical Law China service launched in November 2013 (see http://global.practicallaw.com/country/china). 

Carl Cheng
Zhong Lun Law Firm, Senior International Counsel

Carl Cheng is a U.S. lawyer and has been based in Shanghai and Beijing since 1993. He practiced as a partner with a Magic Circle firm prior to joining Zhong Lun Law Firm in 2012. Mr. Cheng and his team of Chinese lawyers, specialize in asset and share acquisitions, disposals, restructurings, joint ventures and direct investment transactions. Mr. Cheng received a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1982 and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985. He also studied at the National Taiwan Normal University, Keio University, Beijing University and Qinghua University. He was one of the lawyers who received the inaugural “External Counsel of the Year” award from Asian Counsel magazine in 2009. Mr. Cheng is a native English speaker and is fluent in spoken and written Mandarin and Japanese. 

Peter Davies
Head Of Editorial, Practical Law China, Thomson Reuters
Peter Davies leads a team of Hong Kong-based former lawyers who create and maintain resources for use by their former colleagues. He joined Practical Law in 2013 from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where since 2008 he had been an associate in the Hong Kong office. While there he advised on private equity investments and technology, media and telecoms M&A transactions in Greater China. Peter trained as a solicitor in London with Herbert Smith Freehills and also worked for two years as an associate in the M&A group at Dewey & LeBoeuf in London. He was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2006 and in Hong Kong in 2011 and is currently non-practising in both jurisdictions.
Running A Successful Cross-Border M&A Transaction
(Hong Kong-China)
This event has been awarded 3.5 CPD Points by The Law Society Of Hong Kong. 
 

For more information regarding this event, please contact:

Sheila Lum
Phone: (65) 6870 3252
Email: sheila.lum@thomsonreuters.com

Running A Successful Cross-Border M&A Transaction
(Hong Kong-China)
This event has been awarded 3.5 CPD Points by The Law Society Of Hong Kong. 
 

Pricing
Standard Rate:                  USD599.00
Early Bird*:                         US$480.00
 
*Early Bird Ends On 27 November 2015. 
Group price - SAVE AN ADDITIONAL 20% Register five participants from your organisation and the 5th person attends for free.

Contact
For more information regarding this event, please contact:

Sheila Lum
Phone: (65) 6870 3252
Email: sheila.lum@thomsonreuters.com