Handbook of International Mergers and Aquisitions

HELMUT BERGMANN Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ALEXANDER DIBELIUS Goldman Sachs & Co. OHG STEPHAN EILERS Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer STEPHAN A. JANSEN Institute for Mergers & Acquisitions (IMA), Private University Witten/Herdecke, Germany TOMAS KOCH McKinsey & Company Inc. HEINRICH PACK Mannesmann AG, and Institute for Mergers & Acquisitions (IMA), Private University Witten/Herdecke, Germany PETER PRIBILLA Siemens AG FRANK RICHTER Goldman Sachs & Co. OHG, and Institute for Mergers & Acquisitions (IMA), Private University Witten/Herdecke, Germany RAINER ZIMMERMANN BBDO Düsseldorf GmbH

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