By Michael Macaluso On March 10, 2023 the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation declared Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) insolvent and appointed the FDIC as receiver. Simultaneously, the FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara to facilitate access to SVB deposits insured by the FDIC. For those of us who worked through […]
February 4, 2016
Michael Macaluso: Global finance and legal expert Law & Life Vol. 2, July 16, 2015, cover story Michael J. Macaluso, whose Chinese name is: 马鲁索. Interview translated from the original Chinese. He is the chairman and General Counsel of Global Access and a former Partner in finance, capital markets, and investment funds at DLA Piper. He has successfully […]
May 30, 2015
Are there new rules for how to approach corporate strategy? In an interesting and at times provocative piece, Helen Rosen of Global Access and Sigvard Bore of Pactera Technology, a consulting subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, make the case in “Think AND Do…The Need for Continuous Strategy”, which can be downloaded here: Continuous Strategy. The authors note that the […]
May 8, 2014
Last September in a speech at a Gala to celebrate “China on the Global Stage,” I spoke about what it means for Chinese corporates to do business on the Global Stage from an entrepreneur’s perspective. Recently two men ushered in a new era for China on the Global Stage. On April 24, 2014, Jack Ma and Joseph […]
December 31, 2013
When it comes to foreign companies, funds and investors doing business in China and positioning themselves to do business in China, the question on the minds of everyone is the significance of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. What does it mean for China, and to investment in China? Answers to these questions are contained in a […]
August 17, 2013
The Scott Brass decision by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals is unlikely to have the significant impact on private equity funds that many are foreseeing. The decision does, however, create yet another level of uncertainty to the deployment of capital to companies where it is most needed. Five years after the US financial […]
August 13, 2013
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently adopted final rules which will provide funds and other issuers greater flexibility in conducting private offerings of securities in the U.S. These rules, which relax long-time restrictions on general solicitation and advertising, take effect on September 23, 2013. It is no exaggeration to say that these new rules change the game for issuers, […]
July 13, 2013
What we have been seeing in terms of activity in the private equity sector in Vietnam seems to be confirmed in the just released report by Private Equity international (July 12, 2013). PEI reports that “Private equity investment in Vietnam hit $535 million in the first half of 2013, a record first half amount that already exceeds the […]
June 26, 2013
Comments Off on Taking a US Fabrication Company to China
I’ve spent a good deal of the past year helping Asian companies find access to foreign investment and capital to grow their businesses in local markets and in assisting foreign PE firms with various exits from their portfolio companies and other ventures in the region. More recently, I’ve had the privilege to begin assisting US corporates, including a large […]
June 12, 2013
Comments Off on PE Round Road Show Underway in Hong Kong
Finally, after months of due diligence and organizational restructuring of a growth stage business in Vietnam’s domestic food and beverage sector, the road show for the institutional private equity round has begun. To kick-off the process, the Investment Manager has arranged for meetings with investors in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US. A Vietnamese company […]
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