M&A process
Mergers and Acquisitions Process
We provide comprehensive support services for businesses from the strategic planning stage to the completion of M&A transactions, optimizing legal, financial, and governance aspects to ensure each step is efficient, safe, and smooth.
5 steps to business restructuring
Defining M&A objectives and strategies
Finding and selecting partners
Due Diligence (Assessment)
Negotiating and signing contracts
Transaction completion (Closing)
Seeking M&A partners
Effective methods for finding partners.
Partner search channels:
- Analyze financial statements (for the last 3 years)
- Evaluate financial indicators and compare them with the industry average.
- Identify financial, debt, and cash flow problems.
Criteria for evaluating potential partners:
- Evaluate product/service portfolio and market share.
- Value chain and operational process analysis
- Evaluating the performance of business units and departments.
Signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
- The Vietnamese M&A market is booming, with transaction values growing steadily year after year. .
- Attractive sectors: Real estate, Consumer goods, etc.
- The main sources of M&A capital are from countries/regions such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, etc.
- Increase in high-value deals.
- Increased participation of private equity funds.
- Shifting from financial investments to long-term strategic investments.
- Enhancing M&A activity in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
- The prevalence of startup acquisitions.
- Digital transformation is driving M&A deals in the technology sector.
Legal issues in M&A
Strategic benefits of M&A
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Scale up and expand your market: Rapidly increase market share and reach new customers.
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Accessing new technologies and products: Introducing new solutions, technologies, or product lines into the business without having to develop them from scratch.
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Increase economies of scale: Reduce unit costs, optimize operations, and enhance profitability.
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Eliminate competitors: Increase market power and strengthen competitive position.
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Diversify your product and service portfolio: Reduce the risk of dependence on a single industry or product.
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Optimizing resources and operating costs: Efficiently utilizing assets, human resources, and infrastructure.
Legal issues to be aware of
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Foreign ownership restrictions: Certain industries have limits on the percentage of ownership that foreign investors can hold.
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Notification of economic concentration: M&A transactions reaching certain thresholds must be notified to the competition authority.
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Public tender offer: For publicly traded companies, transactions must comply with regulations on public tender offers for shares.
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Compliance with corporate and securities laws: This includes regulations on registration of changes, shareholder rights, financial reporting, and related obligations.
