Vietnam: Mergers And Acquisitions – Market Overview

Covid-19 has significantly reduced M&A activities both globally and locally in our country. With the extraordinary pandemic control, Vietnam is still emerging as a safe, attractive destination for foreign investors.

Remarkable M&A deals during the Covid-19 outbreak include the merger of VinCommerce into Masan, the acquisition of 15% of BIDV’s charter capital worth USD 878 million by KEB Hana Bank (Korea), or the acquisition of Vinhomes’ shares worth USD 650 million by KKR and Temasek.

The […]

By | December 3rd, 2020 ||

A Secondary Transaction, The [New] King On The Block?

One of the hot issues that are recently emerging out of financing transactions in the high-tech industry is the sale of stock by founders of a company, as part of an investment round in the company (“Secondary Sale”).

In short, most of the early stage high-tech companies are initially bootstrapped i.e., financed by their founders, and sometimes also by friends & family, and angle investors. Because companies lack significant finance sources in their early stages, the […]

By | May 22nd, 2019 ||

The Importance Of Due Diligence Agreements

On a broader sense Due Diligence means the assessment of a company by a prospective buyer through an investigation and analysis of a target company. In this Article our aim is to provide an overview on how to draft a due diligence report (hereinafter referred as “DD”) and with a specific focus on Intellectual Property and Information Technology part of the DD.

In Turkish law there is no special regulation on Mergers & Acquisition1, so […]

By | May 19th, 2019 ||