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  • How insolvency and trust reforms will clear a path for securitization Securitization in Japan will flourish once changes to bankruptcy and trust laws remove doubts over judicial interpretation. By Masayuki Okamoto, Shigeru Kaneko and Mark Keeler
  • Securitizations place compliance burden on arrangers Compliance is one of the key concerns for securities companies involved in securitization transactions. By Akihito Katayama and Yuri Suzuki
  • Expanding the use of trusts and trust banking in Japan Trusts are being used in increasingly new ways as legal and regulatory developments give practitioners more certainty. By Jeremy Pitts, Shinji Toyohara and Gavin Raftery
  • How greenshoe options have developed in Japan Underwriters have only recently begun to use greenshoe options in public offerings in Japan. Significant legal reform has occurred in this area, but some changes are still required say Miyuki Ishiguro and Shinichi Araki
  • Japan offers hope for buyout funds Efforts to improve the legal and regulatory environment for venture capital and other private equity investments in Japan are likely to reward those financial institutions that have remained committed to the market. By Ted Johnson and Yoji Maeda
  • Japanese companies test defences to hostile takeovers Directors of Japanese companies are starting to consider corporate defence mechanisms such as allying with friendly third parties and using poison pills to block a hostile takeover bid. By Laurent Develle and Etsuo Doi
  • Canadian investment buoyed by US stability Chris Hewat and Jeffrey Trossman of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP tell foreigners what to expect when they invest in Canadian companies
  • Private equity faces new corporate, tax and governance laws Onno Boerstra, Hugo Reumkens and Thijs Clement of Van Doorne review legislation affecting the industry in The Netherlands
  • China's 2003 VC Regulation: Prospects for 2004 China updated its rules for foreign invested venture capital funds in early 2003. Robert Woll, Chuck Comey and Scott Jalowayski of Morrison & Foerster explain why reaction to the changes has been ambivalent
  • UK private equity: a year in review Sarah Cloke of Clifford Chance looks back on a year of developments in tax treatment, partnership law, insolvency rules and freedom of information