TARGET AUDIENCE

• General Directors and General Managers involved in acquisitions
• CFOs and Chief Accountants involved in acquisitions
• Corporate Finance managers and executives

Organized by               

Peligo Training Solutions, Malaysia

• Are you buying what you think you are buying?
• What are the various types of due diligence required?
• Why financial due diligence is a must before sealing the deal?
• Are you overpaying the target company?
• How to determine the fair value of the target company?
• What are the tax implications of the mergers and acquisitions?
• Can foreigners invest in Vietnamese companies, and what are the limitations and conditions?
• How would you structure the acquisition?

Workshop Contents

• Financial Due Diligence
  • The various types of due diligence
  • The importance of financial due diligence
  • The difference between financial audit and financial due diligence
  • Uncovering hidden and contingent liabilities
• Valuation
  • The basics of business valuation
  • Various models used in valuation
    • Discounted cash flow (DCF)
    • Price earnings multiples (PE)
    • Net tangible assets (NTA)
• Investment Law and Corporate Structures
  • Investments subject to conditions in Vietnam
  • The process of transferring equity to foreign holdings
  • Implementing effective corporate structure for the acquisition
• Taxation on Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax impact on transfer of shares / equity
  • Tax impact on transfer of business
  • Cross border tax implications
  • Effective corporate structure for tax planning

 International Speakers

Mr Chee Hong Seng
CPA(Aust)  CA(M)  CFP  MIBM  BCom(Aust)  MBA(UK)
Mr Chee Hong Seng is a Corporate Advisor and Chartered Accountant. His illustrious career spans well over fifteen years as a Banker, Trainer and Corporate Advisor to numerous major private and public listed companies in Asia Pacific.
Mr Chee’s areas of expertise include business management, financial management, strategic planning, conducting due diligence, providing advisory on mergers and acquisition, conducting company valuation and corporate restructuring / turnaround.
Prior to his career as a Corporate Advisor, Mr Chee obtained a wealth of on-the-job experience having held key positions in an international accounting firm, Public Bank Malaysia, Mizuho Financial Group and the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS Bank).  His involvement in the banking sector has provided him with comprehensive exposure in retail, corporate and offshore banking.
Mr Chee is an MBA graduate from the prestigious Heriot-Watt University in UK and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. His achievements have gained him membership to various professional bodies including the CPA Australia, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and Institute Bankers of Malaysia (IBBM).
He is a corporate finance advisor for VIETVALUES Group. Mr Chee is also the Managing Director of Leap Forth Sdn Bhd, a professional corporate advisory firm and also the Executive Director of Infoworld Management Development Centre Sdn Bhd, a company specialising in corporate training.

Mr Lim Chor Ghee
MIntSt (Syd), MBA (UK), PCeB(USQ), BComm(Melb), CPA(Aust), CA(M’sia)
Chor Ghee, an Executive Director of Vinmas Consulting Group Singapore and a partner of VIETVALUES Group, has more than 16 years of experience in corporate management, consulting and training. He is an Associate Professor (Accounting and Finance) with a university in Malaysia, and regularly delivers training workshops in Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam for professional accountancy bodies and conference organizers. He was previously the vice president (legal & corporate affairs) for a public-listed multinational in Hong Kong, where he managed group corporate affairs for international business operations in more than 15 countries. He trained with Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse in his early career days.
Chor Ghee is a Certifed Practising Accountant with CPA Australia, a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation and Academy of International Business (USA). He graduated with several degrees - Master of International Studies (University of Sydney), Master of Business Administration (Distinction)(Heriot Watt University, UK), Postgraduate Certificate in Electronic Business (University of Southern Queensland), and Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne).