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		<title>M&amp;A Academy: &#8220;HR Integration after a merger, a practical example&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2010/05/ma-academy-hr-integration-after-a-merger-a-practical-example/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 09:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 7th and last session of this year’s M&#38;A Academy cycle took place on 29 April looking at “HR integration after a merger”. Turbulent economic times are making many organisations undertake a transaction, whether a merger, an acquisition, a divestiture, a carve-out or a spin-off. Every transaction creates turmoil, uncertainty and opportunities for people.
Peter De [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy: &#8220;How can real estate become a financing means for your company today?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market studies chave shown that over the last years the total accounting value of all lands and buildings of the 30.000 biggest BelCo&#8217;s amounts to EUR 50 billion. When you know that the market value of said assets equals minimum 3 times their accounting value, this represents a dramatic hidden value in the current market [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy &#8211; &#8220;Tax implications of business restructuring&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2010/02/ma-academy-tax-implications-of-business-restructuring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 and 2009 are challenging times for the M&#38;A market due to the lack of available funding. Many investors and international groups are looking for cost-cutting opportunities and cash optimisation.
During the 5th session of our M&#38;A Academy, we tried to evaluate how reshaping your conventional business model towards a more flexible structure can help you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy – “Safeguarding value through business restructuring”</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2010/01/ma-academy-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9csafeguarding-value-through-business-restructuring%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identifying the most important value drivers and estimating values in distressed companies is key for a successful restructuring process, especially in the case of debt for equity swaps. That’s what Michael De Roover, Partner at PwC and Philippe Rasquin, Director at PwC talked about on the fourth session of our M&#38;A Academy.
They shared with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy &#8211; &#8220;How to anticipate/handle covenant breaches?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/12/ma-academy-how-to-anticipatehandle-covenant-breaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The third session of our M&#38;A Academy took place on 10 December looking at all the questions the arrival of the &#8220;Chapter 11 Nouveau&#8221; (at least its Belgian version) raises. Before getting the protection of the Continuity Act, however, an achievable business plan needs to be in place. Do you have one? How about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy &#8211; “Dealing with underwater management equity arrangements”</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/11/ma-academy-%e2%80%9cdealing-with-underwater-management-equity-arrangements%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/11/ma-academy-%e2%80%9cdealing-with-underwater-management-equity-arrangements%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie Van Durme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 19 November, we hosted the second session of our M&#38;A Academy with a hot and present issue: How to keep the management of private equity backed companies motivated in and after the financial and economic downturn?
Luc Legon, Director Personal Tax at PricewaterhouseCoopers, presented the different solutions available according to the various expectations of management.
Download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M&amp;A Academy – “Access to the current debt market and alternative financing methods” presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/10/ma-academy-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9caccess-to-the-current-debt-market-and-alternative-financing-methods%e2%80%9d-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Webmaster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 24 September, we hosted the first session of our M&#38;A Academy season, which mainly dealt with access to the current debt market and alternative financing methods. Josy Steenwinckel , Financial Services Leader at PwC Belgium, introduced the subject before handing over to our guest speaker, Freddy Van den Spiegel, Chief Economist at BNP Paribas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;M&amp;A event at the Magritte Museum&#8221; presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/06/ma-event-at-the-magritte-museum-presentation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/06/ma-event-at-the-magritte-museum-presentation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Muyldermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 16 June, we hosted our exclusive M&#38;A event at the Magritte Museum in Brussels. Jan Muyldermans gave a presentation on tax issues in the context of debt restructuring and Chris Hemmings, our Global Head of Corporate Finance shared his vision on the M&#38;A Marketing post credit crunch.
Download the presentation.
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		<title>&#8220;Tax aspects of debt restructuring&#8221; presentation</title>
		<link>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/06/tax-aspects-of-debt-restructuring-presentation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pwcblogs.be/transactions/2009/06/tax-aspects-of-debt-restructuring-presentation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Muyldermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 28 May, we hosted the last M&#38;A Academy session of the season, which dealt with tax aspects of debt restructuring. Jan Muyldermans talked about what it is that is driving debt structuring transactions, the tax basics, the tax aspects of overall debt restructuring and the continuity law. Finally, he put all this into practice [...]]]></description>
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