Foreign Investment In Myanmar Banks The stars are aligning for another shake-up in Myanmar’s dynamic financial landscape: Myanmar Banks with foreign shareholders
As both local banks and interested foreign investors have looked carefully at possible business combinations, regulators ponder how to evaluate the likely future requests for approval. All of this against the backdrop of a fairly new banking law and a new companies law, meaning many of the rules are not yet well tested. How can the new deals be structured before and after official approval?
VDB Loi hosts an extraordinary workshop to exercise precisely that. How can you structure purchasing or selling a stake in a Myanmar bank?
HIGHLIGHTS
- Which joint ventures will the government allow in the banking sector?
- Can a foreign investor buy shares in the holding company of a Myanmar bank?
- What are the steps to approve a share transfer?
- How do Myanmar financial regulations impact the joint venture/shareholders agreement?
- “Due Diligence deal killers” – case studies on what we might find and how to fix it.
- What are the structuring options for buying and holding a stake in a Myanmar financial institution?
- Call options, convertible loans, classes of shares, trust ownership: what works in practice?
- Tax implications of various structuring options
Programs
| TIME | TOPIC | |
| 1 | 8.30am – 9.00am | Registration |
| 2 | 9.00am – 9.30am | Structuring Options for Buying or Selling a Stake in a Myanmar Bank – How to apply the 35% rule to banks? – Convertible loans and call options – Can foreigners own shares of banks through a trust or nominees? – Buying shares in the holding company of a Myanmar bank – What if the bank owns real estate? |
| 3 | 9.50am – 10.10am | Approval Process and Financial Regulations Impacting the Deal? – What would be the approval process for a foreign investment in a bank? – Can foreigners sit on the BOD of a Myanmar bank? – Can a foreign investor have a veto right on certain decisions? |
| 4 | 10.10am – 10.20am | Break |
| 5 | 10.20am – 10.40am | Due Diligence Deal Killers – What kind of due diligence issues might come up? – Which ones cannot be fixed? |
| 6 | 10.40am – 11.30am | Panel Discussion: What is the M&A Outlook for Myanmar banks? |
Speakers
Edwin Vanderbruggen
Senior Partner
VDB Loi
Patrick Hanna
Partner
EY Singapore Advisory
Ms. Kyawt Kay Khaing
Deputy – CEO
United Amara Bank
Mr. Chee Seng Liew
Advisor to the CEO
CB Bank
Dr. Thaung Han
CEO
Myanmar Citizen Bank
Mr. Hal Bosher
CEO
YOMA Bank
Mr. Dominic Notario
CEO
Myanmar Oriental Bank
Mr. Muniandy R. Krishnan
CFO
KBZ Bank
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EVENT DETAILS
December 5, 2018
8:30am - 11:30am
Pan Pacific Hotel, Yangon