Censere gave a talk at the Investment Opportunities in Vietnam for Taiwanese Manufacturers Forum

On October 25th, Censere was invited to give a talk on M&A opportunities in Vietnam at the Investment Opportunities in Vietnam for Taiwanese Manufacturers Forum in Taipei.  The event was organized by the National Industry Association of Taiwan, and there were over a hundred attendees including entrepreneurs, executives from large corporations, bankers, lawyers and government officials. Topics covered include M&A issues and opportunities in Vietnam, Vietnamese accounting and law standards, as well as examples and experience sharing.

 

 

Censere conducted workshops for HKICPA

Censere was recently invited by The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("HKICPA") to conduct a series of three hour workshops for their members. The workshops were designed to provide participants with an integrated understanding of valuation, with a particular emphasis on the practical issues relating to valuation and valuation principles which underpin them. Topics covered by Censere included: Valuation Fundamentals; Valuation for Business Combinations; Valuation of Financial Instruments and Valuation of Intangible Assets.  The workshops were very well attended, especially given the greater emphasis accounting standards place on fair value accounting and the role valuation plays this.

Censere values CMOC's Northparkes copper mine acquisition

China Molybdenum Co., Ltd (“CMOC”) is a Hong Kong listed (stock code 3993) Chinese mining company specializing in mining, dressing, smelting and processing of molybdenum and tungsten. Currently their market value ranks in the top 30 mining companies globally, and they are the world's fourth-largest molybdenum and second-largest tungsten concentrate producer.

In July CMOC announced that it was acquiring a 80% stake of the Northparkes copper and gold mine located in Australia’s New South Wales from the Rio Tinto Group. The transaction is valued at over $800 million USD. Censere was assigned as the competent person for valuing the mining assets in accordance to Chapter 18 of the Hong Kong Exchange listing rules as well as the Australian VALMIN code. Censere was responsible for analyzing the technical report of the mine, modelling the financial performance of the mining assets, as well as handling questions and queries from the stock exchange. Details of the transaction as well as Censere’s report can be found here:

http://www.chinamoly.com/06invest/DOC/E-CMOC-C049-1025%20AP.pdf

Brett Shadbolt at Environmental, Social & Governance Seminar held by Marsh

Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere, gave a presentation at Environmental, Social & Governance seminar held by Marsh in Singapore on 7 June, 2013. The conference will be held at  Marsh Asia-Pacific Headquarters Asia Square, Tower 1, Fullerton Room, Level 9, 8 Marina View.

Censere wins another award

Censere has been awarded the 2013 Hong Kong's Most Valuable Companies Services Award for Business Valuation and Appraisal Services. Brett Shadbolt, Censere's CEO, stated "This is further recognition of the hard work and dedication of our partners and staff. We will continue to improve and look forward to helping our clients succeed in their objectives."

Photos of the ceremoney and a brief video can be found here.

 

New born baby from Censere team

We are pleased to announce that our Hong Kong team member - Sophia has just delivered a cute and healthy baby on March 3rd.  Let join us to  wish Sophia and her new born baby all the best and with happiness together.

Congratulations!

 

Censere Opens Taipei Office

Censere is pleased to announce that we have established an office in Taipei, Taiwan

This is our 12th office and continues our objective of building a comprehensive Asia Pacific network to assist clients across the region. Contact details for our Taipei office are as follows:

Censere Company Limited

 

2/F, No.1 Lane 126, Fu Xing Road South, Taipei, Taiwan

Censere Awarded Quamnet Outstanding Services Award

Censere has been awarded the Quamnet Outstanding Services Award for Business Appraisal and Valuation 2012.

Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere, stated that “It is particularly gratifying to receive this award during our 10th anniversary year. This is a validation of our business model and all the hard work that has gone into growing Censere”.

Censere’s success is based on a unique combination of valuation, research, due diligence and advisory capabilities. Yung Shadbolt, Managing Director of Censere, commented that “the focus at Censere has always been about providing reliable and insightful advice to clients; which doesn’t mean we automatically agree with our clients’ position. We want our clients to make the best decisions, based on true, independently verified inputs. The combination of skills that we have developed buts us in a unique position, as does our dedicated network of offices across the region.”

With a growing intra-Asian M&A market Censere is looking at continued growth in the medium-term. According to Brett, in addition to their current 12 offices, there are emerging opportunities for Censere in India, Indonesia, Mongolia and Vietnam. The aim: “to become Asia Pacific’s largest independent cross-border transaction support and strategic advisory firm; able to operate seamlessly across the region”.

Please follow the link to view an interview of Censere's CEO, Brett Shadbolt, discussing the award and Censere's development over the last 10 years.

CVCFO and Censere Held a Training Seminar in Shanghai 

On Jan 9, 2013, Censere and CVCFO successfully held a training seminar in Shanghai on “Portflio Valuation for PE/VC funds – Bridging the Gap”. More than 50 finance professionals from the PE/VC industry joined our CEO, Mr. Brett Shadbolt and Associate Director, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Roy for an insightful sharing session about with to deal with rising issues and concerns. Censere will continue to explore the industrial sharing and seminar in different cities of Asia Pacific.

 

 

Warm response from audience of the BIP Asia Forum 2012

The second Business IP Asia Forum was successfully held in Hong Kong exhibition center on Dec 7, 2012. There were more than 1,300 participants joined the forum from 21 countries around the globe. In the event, there was a board of discussion about the global IP trend, valuations methodology and how to link the dollar sign with intellectual properties. It also reflected the awareness of intellectual property rights are increasingly important amongst in Asia countries. Especially, the international companies develop in China and the mainland China companies develop in global markets. 

 

 

 

Post-Event Press ReleaseIP VALUATION DURING LITIGATIONS Censere workshop at LES Singapore On November 1st, 2012 Censere successfully conducted a specialized workshop on Intellectual Property Valuation during an international session organized by the Licensing Executive Society in Singapore. The main theme was the patent litigation and prominent experts in the field were invited to share their views. Together with Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere, Omer Hiziroglu from Innovent Innovative Ventures (Turkey) and Bruce Bernstein from Greenblum & Bernstein (USA) composed the panel. Brett Shadbolt opened the workshop by illustrating 2 controversial cases in IP valuation: the brand "Wong Lo Kat" (a very popular Chinese tea) and the Apple’s designs, which were the subject of the recent controversy with Samsung. The panelists from Turkey, Mr Hiziroglu, explored the association between bankruptcy and patent trolls, while Mr Bernstein concluded the event in conference call from Philadelphia by showing the perspective of the Apple-Samsung under the application of the America Invents Act (AIA). The audience appreciated the depth of knowledge shared by the panelists.  An open discussion at the end of the workshop engaged the majority of the audience, which was composed of Patent Attorneys, Technology Transfer Managers, Venture Capitalist, Researchers, Public Institutions and other top IP professionals in the region. Censere frequently offers training and workshop in the field of IP Valuation and Portfolio Management strategies.If you are interested in our sessions, feel free to contact us directly, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

 

Post-Event Press Release

Portfolio Valuation for Private Equity & Venture Capital funds – Bridging the Gap

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

9/26/2012

Censere to speak at CVCFO Conference

Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere, will be discussing Portfolio Valuation for Private Equity Funds at the annual CVCFO conference in Shanghai on 7th September 2012 in Shanghai. For further information please check the CVCFO website.

Censere is supporting the establishment of the Singapore chapter of Analyst First

Analyst First is a human-focused, exploratory and intelligence-based analytics group. Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere is the head of the Singapore chapter and will explain its functions during the inaugural meeting on September 11th, 2012. Dr Eugene Dubossarsky, the founder of the Analyst First movement will also be present to give a presentation on analytics.

IAM Magazine quotes Censere CEO

Brett Shadbolt is quoted in an IAM Magazine Blog article IP as the new currency debated in Singapore.

 

 

Brett Shadbolt to speak at EAP2IC

Brett Shadbolt, CEO of Censere, will be speaking about valuation of IP at the Europe Asia Patent and Patent Information Conference 2012.

The conference will be held at Resorts World Convention Centre, Resorts World Sentosa, on Friday, July 13th 2012. 

Censere opens Seoul office

 

Censere is pleased to announce that we have established an office in Seoul, South Korea

This is our 11th office and continues our objective of building a comprehensive Asia Pacific network to assist clients across the region. Contact details for our Seoul office are as follows:

Censere Korea Inc.

#322 KS Bldg, 738, Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-080 Korea

Maximizing IP Revenue - May 10th

Jean-Baptiste Roy, Senior Manager at Censere, will be presenting at a lunchtime seminar organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macao on Thursday, May 10th 2012 from 12.30pm to 2.00pm.

The event, titled "Maximizing the Revenue from your Intellectual Property" will cover valuation, taxation and transfer pricing issues for IP. For further information and/or registration details please download the program here.

Censere would like to wish everyone a very prosperous Year of the Dragon

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong Office Expansion

Following closely on the heel's of our Shanghai expansion, Our HK office has also relocated to larger premises, but within the same building. We have moved from Unit B on the 9th floor of Tern Centre to the whole of the 3rd floor. Our new address is therefore:

Censere (Far East) Limited 3/F, Tower 2, Tern Centre251 Queen's Road Central Hong Kong

All other contact details remain unchanged.