Corporate
Corporate Tip 2: Strategic Business Initiatives Every Corporate Lawyer Should Know About
What are some strategic initiatives commonly adopted by companies to transform their operations, enhance efficiency and attain specific business objectives?
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): A broad term that encompasses the consolidation of companies through merger or acquisition of one company by another. Primary reasons for M&A include gaining market share, accessing new technologies, diversifying product portfolios and achieving cost synergies.
Joint Venture (JV): A partnership where two or more entities agree to work together for a specific project or business objective.
Both M&A and JV provide avenues for companies to achieve their goals through shared resources, risk mitigation and strategic collaboration.
Restructuring or Reorganisation: They are integral aspects of M&As and JVs as they deal with realignment of organisational structures, processes and resources to achieve synergies and improve operational efficiency. Sometimes, they are undertaken independently, involving changes in management, business units, internal processes and the downsizing or spin-off of specific assets or businesses.
Read more about the legal framework and considerations for a simple vanilla transaction under Singapore law to acquire a private limited company in SAL’s M&A Transaction Guide on https://www.lawnet.com/guides/id/111276/mergers-and-acquisitions-transaction-guide?ref=p-gc. The Guide focusses on a transaction that involves a single, private corporate purchaser and a single corporate seller and the target company or business is wholly owned by the seller.
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