What's hot in the world of M&A?

ABN AMRO's top advisor for consumer sector deals forecasts trends in the region.
March 15, 2006
Kasper van Griensven who heads up consumer sector advisory for ABN AMRO knows his beers. He also knows a thing or two about food, tobacco, soy sauce and retail. This is because he focuses on mergers and acquisitions and equity offerings in the Asian consumer sector. He forecasts some regional trends.

To start with, tell us about some of the consumer sector deals ABN AMRO has advised on in recent months

So far, weÆve done two major deals this year.

In February we advised on the sale of a minority stake of Gome Electrical Appliances to private equity investor Warburg Pincus. Warburg paid pay $128 million to purchase up to 9.7% of China's leading electrical...
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