Why Japan's new corporate separation law is increasing restructurings

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Why Japan's new corporate separation law is increasing restructurings

Eliminating many of the barriers to a Japanese company de-merging in an efficient way has created a flurry of corporate re-organizations. Dale Araki, Jason Cohen and Kosei Watanabe of O'Melveny & Myers/Watanabe Kokusai analyze how the new process works and why it should be used

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