(This video was first published by Lawsikho on 14 October 2017)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe1zk-0QTAc
Description:
Whether a corporate is looking to reorganise its existing group structure for efficiency or expand its scale or venture into new markets or trim any one of its businesses and sell it off, mergers and acquisitions are the norms of the day for any such movements, within and beyond the existing group structure. These transactions attract requirements under corporate and taxation legislations and require significant planning. It would therefore help to be aware of what factors go into such planning. This webinar will provide an overview of the merger and acquisition methods as well as go into the details of certain transaction structures as well as legislations applicable.
Few questions which are discussed in the webinar include: –
- What are the basic transaction structures in M&A transactions?
- What are the different stages of an M&A transaction?
- What is a slump sale and how does it work?
- What are the taxes applicable to each kind of M&A transaction structure?
- What kind of transactions do General Anti-Avoidance Rules impact and how?
- What are Indian Accounting Standards and how do they impact M&A transactions?
- What are the reasons why a company will demerge/hive off and divest from a business/entity?
- How are public company M&As different from private company M&As?
- What are the procedures required to be carried out before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in relation to M&A?
- What is the rationale behind making an open offer? In which situations is an open offer required to be made?