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  • The new way to rehabilitate distressed companies in Japan The Civil Rehabilitation Law has created opportunities to use M&A techniques as tools for corporate reorganization and restructuring using legal insolvency procedures. By Yuichiro Mori
  • Since IFLR published the first edition of The IFLR Guide to Japan a year ago, economic realities in the country have forced lawmakers and regulators to take a more flexible approach. In turn, new and more sophisticated deal structures are emerging.
  • Mexican tender offer rules may hinder exits New rules designed to avoid discrimination against minority shareholders make it harder for private equity investors to exit investments in Mexican companies, say Samuel García-Cuéllar and Jean Michel Enriquez of Creel Garcia-Cuellar y Muggenburg
  • Confidence returns as UK backs enterprise John Mackie, chief executive of the British Venture Capital Association, talks to IFLR about prospects for the year ahead
  • Finland plays it safe with start-ups Start-up companies aren't getting the financing they need as investors avoid risk and buy into traditional business. By Antti Hemmilä of Borenius & Kemppinen
  • Securitizing intellectual property in Japan To encourage more Japanese companies to use their intellectual property to secure funding, the government must put in place suitable legal, disclosure and valuation frameworks, says Takahiro Kobayashi
  • Japan moves towards allowing squeeze outs of minority shareholders The flexible approach being shown towards Japanese corporate practices means transactions to cash-out minority shareholders are becoming possible. By Gaku Ishiwata
  • Momentum builds towards leveraged finance surge in Japan Japan's legal framework makes leveraged buyouts tricky to complete, yet careful structuring has meant these transactions are growing in popularity. By John McClenahan and Ken Kiyohara
  • Irish financial services developments attract Japanese players Recent changes to the regulation of investment funds and securitization deals in Ireland make the country an attractive domicile for Japanese promoters, arrangers and investors, say Mark Thorne and Conor Houlihan
  • Why the Cayman Islands is good for Japanese structured finance Using Cayman Islands vehicles for Japanese securitizations brings originators and arrangers the benefit of a user-friendly jurisdiction. By Philip Paschalides and Heather Bestwick