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• Mercer's 2012 series of M&A Ready™ training workshops provide the knowledge, skills and tools to help HR professionals understand and overcome these issues

Mercer shared today the top 4 transaction-related issues that senior human resources (HR) leaders commonly face before, during and after mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. These key issues reflect Mercer's extensive M&A consulting experience in all types of deals and across global industries and markets:

• Assessing and retaining key talent
• Driving cultural integration
• Managing the M&A process in domestic and cross-border deals
• Understanding and planning for due diligence and integration across all relevant work streams

Empowering HR leaders to understand and deliver on these key M&A human capital challenges is the core principal that guides Mercer's 2012 series of M&A Ready™ training workshops. Now in its ninth year, the Mercer M&A Ready workshop series gives participants important insights into every aspect of the deal process including M&A transactions in the context of an organization's business strategy; deal and HR team structures, roles and relationships; key human capital issues and HR's role in managing them; and how HR can ultimately help the organization to realize the full value of the deal. Participants learn through a curriculum that combines presentations by deal-experienced consultants with a case study that illustrates how these issues often present themselves in real M&A transactions.

"Industry experts are predicting a strong year for deal activity in several sectors" said Phil Shirley, Greater China M&A Leader for Mercer. "It is important for business leaders to understand that today's deals are often highly complex and broader in scope than those of the past. Workforce-related issues can quickly derail transactions if not properly handled by knowledgeable and experienced HR leaders. Mercer's M&A Ready workshops are the ideal opportunity for HR leaders to gain valuable insights and skills that are immediately applicable to their role on deal teams."

In Asia 2012 workshops will be held in:

For a complete schedule of Mercer M&A Ready™ workshops around the world, or to register, please visit www.mercer.com/maready. To learn more about custom workshops, please contact Mercer at G...@mercer.com.