Description: Mergers and acquisitions continue to grow rapidly in transaction numbers and volume worldwide, bringing about radical changes to the corporate landscape. The enactment of mergers and acquisitions, particularly in cross border transactions, involves complex economic, legal, technical, and social procedures, closely interlinked and embracing several sectors and disciplines. This comprehensive and interdisciplinary handbook addresses the issues involved in effecting mergers and acquisitions internationally. The authors' practice-oriented approach follows the normal course of the transactions through the planning phase, the execution phase and the post-merger integration/implementation phase, providing managers, investment bankers, legal advisors, accountants and academics with an in-depth understanding of the factors necessary for success and the means to understand and improve transaction management and create new economic values Contents: PART 1: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE PLANNING STAGE Commercial and Legal Aspects to be Considered in Structuring International Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions from a Capital Market Perspective Taxwise Structuring of the Transaction PART 2: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: THE EXECUTION Commercial Aspects Involved in Executing Mergers and Acquisitions, with Particular Emphasis on the Transaction Agreement Due Diligence Corporate Evaluation Merger Control PART 3: INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Post-merger Management Legal Parameters of the Integration and Implementation Measures Personal and Cultural Integration Internal and External Communication