Liabilities when acquiring a Chinese company under an asset structure

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Kurt Morrow (Marketing Coordinator, Proformative)
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Kurt Morrow
Title: Marketing Coordinator
Company: Proformative
| May 4, 2011

The following question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative China M&A, Tax and Structure webinar: For the acquisition of a Chinese company under an asset structure, does the acquiring company have the same ability to pick and choose liabilities as it does in other countries?

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Jinghua Liu (Special Counsel, Baker & McKenzie)
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Jinghua Liu
Title: Special Counsel
Company: Baker & McKenzie
| May 13, 2011

Generally speaking, the buyer should be able to pick and choose which liabilities it would like to take over from the target entity under an asset deal

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