Emerging markets are attractive locales for M&A activity. Taking advantage of new opportunities in Africa, the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and beyond is becoming more popular, but recent data collected by Deloitte Financial Advisory Services suggests companies may not be doing everything they can to minimize risk and perform the best possible due diligence in emerging market M&A deals.
Part of the problem may be the evolving legal and regulatory frameworks on the ground. Understanding new laws in emerging countries, such as Brazil’s anticorruption law, the Clean Companies Act, can be a challenge for any organization because the details of complying with these laws are still evolving. Perhaps equally as vexing are patterns of regulation and enforcement in the U.S., where government agencies have expressed an expectation that companies will control for fraud and corruption in the entities it partners with or acquires.
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