In a recent interview, Alvarez & Marsal Managing Director, Jean Chow-Callam provides insight in the CorporateTreasurer article, "Comply or Die: Why Asia Outbound Companies Need to Keep it Clean."
When Asian firms go West, their governance practices can be exposed to the harsh light of foreign regulation. Jean Chow-Callum provides insight into what measures companies can take to mitigate risks and remain compliant. "As Chinese companies go international and go overseas, just like in a lot of countries where companies have not had a long history or experience with of corporate governance, when you are doing this in a more regulated environment, such as the US or UK or Germany, countries where they have had the listing market for a long time, companies can be subject to a lot more scrutiny by the regulatory agencies than in the country they are used to doing business in."
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This article was originally published on The CorporateTreasurer on September 10th.
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