abstract: This thesis starts with an analysis of the current situation of the pharmaceutical industry in China, and discusses the strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the pharmaceutical industry in China. It elaborates on the rationale for the development of the mergers and acquisitions of the pharmaceutical SMEs. Then a literature review is provided on the causes of corporate mergers and acquisitions such as the economies of scale, synergistic effect, transaction costs, market power, and strategic diversification.Next,the thesis analyzes the underlying rationale for the M&A transactions in the pharmaceutical industry in China, and explores the likely path of successful value creation for pharmaceutical SMEs in China. Specifically, with five in-depth case studies of M&A transactions of pharmaceutical firms, this thesis reveals the critical success factors leading to value creation and growth in the practice of mergers and acquisitions of the pharmaceutical SMEs in China. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2015

Master thesis deals with the issue of selected business share transactions from the accountancy and tax view. In the first part of thesis there are defined the basic theoretical concepts. The analytical part is focused on the analysis of the law connected with acquisition, holding and selling a business share. The practical part is based on acquired knowledge to elaborate a methodical tool. Suggest methodical tool is subsequently applied to the example.

The Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“2008 Companies Act”) will have far reaching effects on the manner in which a company is formed and operated under South African company law and in particular entrenches the procedure that must be followed by a company when acquiring its own shares. The radical amendment of the capital maintenance rules by the introduction of the solvency and liquidity tests to the Companies Act 61 of 1973 has been carried forward under the 2008 Companies Act. These tests impose an obligation on a company to ensure that the company is both solvent and liquid at the time of the acquisition of its own shares and for a stated period thereafter. The 2008 Companies Act further brings the duties and liabilities of the directors in line with their current fiduciary duties in terms of common law. / Mercantile Law / LLM

Le régime fiscal spécial des fusions d’entreprises et opérations assimilées est instauré en Chine en 2009 par une circulaire intitulée la « Circulaire sur le traitement fiscal des restructurations d'entreprises en matière d'impôt sur le revenu des entreprises ». Cette circulaire a introduit en Chine un régime fiscal spécial sur le modèle du droit américain. Les États-Unis sont un pays de Common Law, alors que la Chine est un pays de droit écrit. Le régime fiscal spécial en Chine est une simple transposition des dispositions américaines, et souffre d’un manque de précisions normatives. La mise en application d’un tel régime fiscal spécial en Chine provoque d’une part un problème de fraude et d’évasion fiscales, et d’autre part, un problème d’insécurité juridique pour les contribuables. Le droit français appartient à la même famille juridique que le droit chinois. Ses expériences sont plus faciles à être intégrées dans le droit chinois. Nous nous appuyons sur le régime fiscal spécial mis en place en droit français pour essayer de trouver des pistes de réflexions permettant d’apporter une amélioration de la situation telle qu’elle existe à l’heure actuelle en droit chinois / The specific rules for tax-free reorganizations is introduced in China in 2009 by a notice entitled "Notice of taxation on several issues concerning the enterprise income tax treatment on enterprise reorganization". This notice transplanted the specific rules for tax-free reorganizations of American law to China. The United States is a Common Law country; however, China is a country of statutory law. Lacking interpretation of the legislator and jurisprudenc, this legal transplant can only be incomplete. The introduction of the specific rules in China raises, on the one hand, the problem of tax evasion and avoidance, and on the other hand, the problem of tax uncertainty. French law belongs to the same legal family as Chinese law, that of the statutory law, so the system of these two countries has many similarities. Its experiences are easier to integrate into the Chinese law. We rely on the specific rules for tax-free reorganizations in French law to try to find ways of improving the situation that currently exists under Chinese law

The Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“2008 Companies Act”) will have far reaching effects on the manner in which a company is formed and operated under South African company law and in particular entrenches the procedure that must be followed by a company when acquiring its own shares. The radical amendment of the capital maintenance rules by the introduction of the solvency and liquidity tests to the Companies Act 61 of 1973 has been carried forward under the 2008 Companies Act. These tests impose an obligation on a company to ensure that the company is both solvent and liquid at the time of the acquisition of its own shares and for a stated period thereafter. The 2008 Companies Act further brings the duties and liabilities of the directors in line with their current fiduciary duties in terms of common law. / Mercantile Law / LLM