But companies pursuing cross-border acquisitions face a range of difficult regulatory challenges, including investment restrictions in certain sectors, stringent approval processes, and opaque government procedures. As markets mature and industries become more competitive, demanding shareholders increasingly look to companies with solid corporate governance as an indicator of potential value creation.

McKinsey’s Corporate Finance Practice has extensive experience in Greater China, serving state-owned enterprises, private local companies, and MNCs across all major industry sectors on a range of critical corporate finance issues. We advise clients on portfolio strategy, corporate governance structures and processes, investor communications approaches, and capital markets transactions such as IPOs, dual listings, and privatizations.

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