Cross-Border & International

Cross-border transactions have inspired many custom awards with designs based on maps, flags, clocks, and currencies.

Automotive Industry Crystal Deal Toy

Custom deal toy celebrating a transaction involving General Motors.

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Danaos Custom Dealtoy

Custom dealtoy celebrating financing of new vessels for Danaos, a container shipping company headquartered in Athens, Greece. Danaos was advised by Evercore Partners.

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Volkswagen Custom Lucite

Custom Lucite marking debt issuance by Volkswagen Leasing in Mexico. The transaction was made with the help of Moody’s.

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Michelin Custom Design Deal Toy

Custom design deal toy  recognizing a rights offering by tire manufacturer Michelin. The offer was made in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and underwritten by a syndicate led by BNP Paribas.

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The Rank Group Custom Lucite

Custom Lucite commemorating the acquisition of UCI International, an automotive and trucking parts manufacturer headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois , by the Rank Group, located in Auckland, New Zealand from The Carlyle Group (based in New York City) . The Participating investment banks were Nomura and Credit Suisse, both located in New York

 

 

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Colony Financial Lucite Tombstone

Lucite tombstone featuring laser-etched globe artwork, marking the issue of stock by Colony Financial. Colony Financial is a real estate finance company headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

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ILFC Dealtoy

Dealtoy featuring sandblasted globe and commemorating a new credit facility for International Lease Finance Corporation, an aircraft lessor based in Century City, Los Angeles.

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Chicago Climate Exchange Lucite Award Globe

Lucite award with sandblasted globe artwork made for the Chicago Climate Exchange.

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EADS (European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company) Lucite Tombstone

Lucite tombstone commemorating a transaction involving the Netherlands-based European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company.

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Cross-Border & International Deal Toys

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.