Crystal deal tombstone marking the deferral of international bond payments due from Ukraine. (22LNL006)
Cross-border transactions have inspired many custom awards with designs based on maps, flags, clocks, and currencies.
Crystal deal tombstone marking the deferral of international bond payments due from Ukraine. (22LNL006)
Puzzle piece-themed Lucite deal tombstone celebrating the merger between Mexico’s Grupo Televisa and U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. (22AKL484)
Custom deal toy celebrating the launch of the LaSalle Japan Property Fund. The open-ended fund will invest mainly in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka.
(9AKl638)Custom financial tombstone celebrating the acquisition by Moody’s of a minority stake in SynTao Green Finance. Based in China, the firm provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data and analytics.
(9AMf320)Lucite deal toy, incorporating the British and American flags, celebrating an acquisition by Screen Engine/ASI. The Los Angeles-based firm acquired London-based market research agency Tapestry.
(21ALJ595)Custom crystal commemorating a joint venture between Wolverine World Wide and Chinese sportswear retailer Xtep International. The partnership focuses on growing the Saucony and Merell brands in mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong.
(9AKL081)Hockey-themed tombstone commemorating the Canadian-American partnership between Simon Property Group and Calloway Real Estate Investment. The deal involved an upscale outlet shopping center serving Toronto.
(5ARA624)Custom crystal deal toy commemorating the acquisition of Canada’s Dalton Pharma Services by Japanese pharmaceutical firm Seikagaku Corporation.
(20AMF085)Lucite financial tombstone marking the purchase of Mexican chemical company Órgano SÃntesis. The acquiring firm, Pilot Chemical, is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(20ACJ012)Deal toys and financial tombstones involving cross-border transactions are featured in the galleries beginning on this page. Altogether, you’ll find over 150 deal toys having cross-border or international themes.
You’ll notice deal toy designs commemorating a number of celebrated, high-profile cross-border deals. These include those involving 21st Century Fox, Sky, and Comcast, and Grupo Televisa and Univision. You’ll also see tombstones involving a number of established international companies and brands, such as Siemens, Roche, Citigroup, Moody’s, Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Roche.
As you might expect for transactions involving participants and properties spanning multiple countries, there are some recurring designs. These include deal toy designs involving maps, flags, compasses, globes, currency symbols, state emblems, national mascots, as well as working clocks highlighting different time zones.
But the designs here also reflect a full range not only of countries and regions but also of sectors and industries. Among the lower-profile deals you’ll find commemorated here are for instance, a Japanese investment in a U.S.-based manufacturer of piloted flying vehicles; an Australian acquisition by a Swedish environmental tech company; a Polish-Spanish joint venture centered on offshore wind projects; a joint venture between a Michigan-based footwear manufacturer and a Chinese sports retailer; the acquisition by a British firm of a California producer of integrated circuits; and the sale of the Chinese business of a German retailer.
You’ll also see recognized here transactions that, while not cross-border, have regional or country-specific themes that may be of interest.
Finally, you’ll find here relevant designs commemorating achievement and events unrelated to any specific transaction, cross-border or otherwise. These include, for instance, designs recognizing participation in a prestigious global medicine conference, and another given to speakers at an internationally-focused event sponsored by Harvard Business School.
