Cross-Border & International

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

Poland Map-Themed Lucite Tombstone

Custom Lucite tombstone celebrating a joint venture between Spanish utility Ibredrola and Baltic Sea firm Sea Wind. The joint venture will center on offshore projects Poland.

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Side view of financial tombstone, featuring a map of Poland, commemorating a joint venture in wind power. The renewable energy partnership will focus on the Baltic Sea.

Sphere-Shaped Deal Toy with Etched World Map

Crystal sphere-shaped deal toy celebrating a minority investment in Globalization Partners. Headquartered in Boston, the firm provides human resources (HR) and staffing services globally.

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Crystal deal toy commemorating a minority investment in Globalization Partners, an international HR and staffing firm.

Metering-Themed Lucite Tombstone

Lucite tombstone commemorating an investment in Hausheld AG, a German firm providing intelligent metering systems for power generation and consumption.

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Lucite deal toy marking an investment in Hausheld. Based in Germany, the firm provides metering services for power generation, as well as gas and water consumption.

Compass-Themed Lucite Tombstone

Custom Lucite tombstone celebrating the close of Navegar II. The fund, raised by Manila-based private equity firm Navegar, will focus on the consumer and business services sectors in the Philippines.

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Book-Themed Financial Tombstone

Crystal financial tombstone commemorating the sale by Baltimore-based Laureate Education of its operations in Chile.

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Crystal deal toy marking the sale of educational institutions in Chile. Deal tombstone recognizing the divestiture of the Chilean operations of Laureate Education.

Crystal Asia Fund Closing Commemorative

Crystal commemorative marking the successful close of the Phoenix Asia Real Estate VI fund.

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Shipping Container-Themed Financial Tombstone

Crystal financial tombstone, including a 3-D laser etching of a cargo container, commemorating the divestiture of a minority stake in Swissterminal to DP World. Dubai-based DP World is one of the largest port operators internationally.

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Global Vaccine Summit Custom Crystal

Custom crystal from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognizing the contributions to the Global Vaccine Summit. The 2020 “Gavi” conference, held virtually due to COVID-19, included 42 heads of state and government.

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Vodafone New Zealand Deal Tombstone

Crystal deal tombstone marking the sale of Vodafone New Zealand, New Zealand’s largest mobile company. The acquirers were Infratil, a New Zealand-based investment company, and Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian firm.

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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.