Case Study: Minority Acquisition of a Listed State-owned Enterprise in China

September 01, 2006 | BY

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Listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) present strategic foreign investors with attractive investment opportunities, as they seem to have a pricing advantage and better corporate governance compared with domestic private companies. However, what challenges are involved in acquiring a minority stake in a listed SOE?

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By Toshiyuki Arai, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Shanghai

Many state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China are in dire need of modernizing manufacturing technology and corporate governance. Moreover, SOEs are