Recent Aon Transaction Solutions Events across Asia

After a 2-year hiatus, Aon resumed its annual networking drinks event organised in partnership with SVCA at The Fullerton Hotel’s newest gastro bar, Signature Reserve. We had a good turnout where 120 esteemed guests who joined us to enjoy a fabulous evening of the fine whiskies and wines.

Aon’s M&A and Transaction Solutions Symposium returned for its eighth year, this time in California where strategic insights, industry trends and innovative deal and business risk management tools for M&A leaders were shared.

Led by industry experts, the sessions explored wide ranging topics across M&A, deal risk strategies, diving into best practices that help drive transaction outcomes. This year the agenda covered a look at the changing M&A landscape, the expanding use of insurance capital to address complex deal, financial, tax and litigation risks, a deep dive into Aon’s claims activity and a look at risk in different types of transaction structures.

Our head of Tax Liability Insurance Asia, Vijay Nair shared his views from an Asian tax perspective on the panel “The Beast Unleashed: Deal Tax Risk under the Inflation Reduction Act” which covered the passage of the inflation reduction act created both risk and opportunity for dealmakers.

We got together as the Asia Transaction Solutions team in Bangkok where we shared recent M&A trends of our respective regions and our strategies going forward. More importantly we got to know each other on a personal front through scrumptious meals, drinks and bowling.

Speakers: Jon Pipe, Anand Kaul, Vijay Nair, Alexander Harmer, Tanvi Kumar, Cameron McCoy, Abhimanyu Diwan, Justin Ansell, Amisha Singal, Kunal Shah, Jitesh Agarwal

Aon India held its inaugural M&A symposium “Demystifying M&A risk in India” where more than 100 clients, co-advisers, insurance company partners and Aon colleagues came together to share industry trends and risk management tools.

The Symposium featured two interactive panel discussions. On the first panel, we moderated a lively debate between underwriters, advisers and clients who openly shared their insightful (and at times opposing) views on how W&I insurance applies in today’s M&A climate, from coverage to claims. After hearing about W&I insurance, we learned more about how tax liability insurance where the panelists discussed common inhibitions and more importantly the other types of tax risks available for coverage as we look beyond the traditional ones.

Aon camaraderie shone though as colleagues travelled great distances from Singapore to London, to join in and share their personal experiences and insights.

Aon co-sponsored the Mergermarket Southeast Asia M&A Forum which brought together over 660 participants from 26 geographies for a day of sessions on the outlook for Southeast Asia M&A, the role or private equity in regional dealmaking, cross-border activity, opportunity set for tech deals, sector focus on healthcare and the impact of ESG and geopolitics on corporate strategy.

Our Transaction Solutions Director, Adrian Chai shared his views from an M&A insurance perspective on the panel “Cross-border deals: Opportunities and challenges” which focused on how to navigate Southeast Asia cross-border transactions in the current climate and pick of hotspots for the year.

Speakers: Tracy-Lee Kus, Xianwei Lee, Blossom Lim, Adrian Chai, Vijay Nair, Winnie Loh, Anulekha Samant, Benjamin Tay

Aon Singapore held a real estate focused seminar “Unlocking Value in Real Estate” which saw the gathering of over 40 real estate investors, developers, advisers and risk managers. Aon Transaction Solutions team, together with other industry experts, shared effective ways to minimise and mitigate uncertainty in real estate transactions and seek commercially efficient ways to obtain downside protection in the event of unexpected risks materializing through the real estate lifecycle.

Led by Aon’s Transaction Solutions team, our panel of experienced industry experts shared useful insights on the latest M&A trends in the real estate sector as well as the associated risks. We learnt that M&A in the real estate sector can be a lucrative opportunity for investors, but given the current volatile business climate, it is critical to protect your M&A real estate investments with a comprehensive set of insurance solutions.

Aon co-sponsored the ITR Asia Tax Forum which explored latest developments and gain knowledge on all tax practices, giving tax professionals a holistic view of the evolving Asian tax environment.

Our head of Tax Liability Insurance Asia, Vijay Nair shared his perspective on the panel “Insurance in the Tax World" which covered topics ranging from latest industry trends to how tax liability insurance serves as an innovative and effective measure to mitigate potential tax exposures.