Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions

In-house course

2.00
Attendance at this seminar will secure 2 hour/s verifiable CPD points including other professional bodies (SAICA, SAIBA, ACCA, IACSA, IRBA & etc)
Nestene Botha   0118861395   gillian@probetatraining.co.za

In the current highly uncertain economic environment, corporate decision making is increasingly difficult. Strategic questions abound.
Should excess cash flows be reinvested in the firm or distributed to shareholders? Does restructuring through a combination of divestitures and spin-offs make sense? Should firms continue to “buy” growth through M&As and run the risk of overpaying, making achieving required shareholder returns more challenging?
Should corporate executives stay with what they know or diversify? Should firms downsize their operations to better focus on markets in which their core competencies give them a competitive advantage? These are important questions with no easy answers, that accountants are roped into answering every single day.
While this webinar, and the rest of the webinars in this series, does not promise quick answers to these demanding questions, it does offer insight into all aspects of the corporate restructuring process from takeovers and joint ventures to divestitures and spin-offs and equity carve-outs and reorganizing businesses.
This webinar outlines common motives for international expansion, describes widely used international market–entry strategies, and how to value, structure, and finance cross-border transactions. This webinar carefully notes the adjustments that should be made when valuing a target firm in an emerging or developed country. Important tax considerations associated with cross-border deals also are addressed.


This session will cover the following:
● Globalization: The Elephant in the Room?
● Motives for International Expansion
● Common International Market Entry Strategies
● Structuring Cross Border Deals
● Financing Cross Border Deals
● Planning and Implementing Cross Border Transactions in Emerging Countries
● How are Cross Border Transactions Valued?
● Empirical Studies of Cross-Border Transactions

Accountants that want to build out their advisory services with regards to M & A.
Auditors that want to gain more knowledge on the M & A process.