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Legislative changes look to boost Japanese securitization

Changes to Japanese laws relating to insolvency, asset purchase and enforcement practices, and the management structure of special purpose companies are among the recent developments expected to increase the number of securitized products on the market. By Noboru Suwa of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

January 28 2003

The struggles in meeting the new convertible bonds requirements

Amendments to the Commercial Code have abolished rules allowing the issuance of stock options, warrants in warrant bonds and conversion rights in convertible bonds. New rules allow the issuance of stock acquisition rights. Hiroyuki Ishizuka and Yutaka Kitamura of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu explain the pros and cons of the new concept

January 28 2003

How to buy a Japanese company

Michael Yoshii, Koji Ishikawa and Hiroki Kobayashi of Latham & Watkins/Kyobashi International Law Office explain the different ways foreign investors can buy a Japanese company, as well as the corresponding hurdles to overcome

January 28 2003

Using a Cayman Islands vehicle for Japanese securitizations

Cayman Islands special purpose companies are common in Japanese structured finance transactions. David Egglishaw, Skip Hashimoto of Walkers SPV Limited review recent market trends in part 1, Wayne Panton and Jonathan Culshaw of Walkers explain the continued benefits of using Cayman offshore vehicles in part 2

January 28 2003

Tapping Japan's retail equity markets with and without listings

There are speed and cost benefits for some foreign companies in making public offerings without listings in Japan, but listed offerings have other advantages. Ken Takahashi and Thomas Dreves of Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Law Office - Baker & McKenzie (qualified joint enterprise office) explain the options to potential issuers looking to access retail investors in Japan

January 28 2003

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

January 28 2003

Why reforms to the Commercial Code will fuel economic growth

Foreign private equity investors should welcome reforms to stock and share regulation, stock options and corporate governance. Mitsuhiro Kamiya and Timothy Wilkins of Freshfields explain how the Japanese economy will benefit

January 28 2003

Editorial

Japan has responded to the need for economic reform by implementing far-reaching amendments to its Commercial Code in the past year. More will become effective in April 2003. These changes are expected to stimulate mergers and acquisitions, complex financings and corporate restructurings through more flexible and innovative deal structures.

January 28 2003

Finnish arbitration procedure: redemption of minority shares in connection with public bids

By Jukka Laitasalo, Ari Keinänen and Henrik Hinders, Merilampi Marttila Laitasalo Law Offices

January 07 2003

How binding is a binding commitment?

By Mikko Ojala and Hans Sundblad of Peltonen, Ruokonen & Itäinen

January 07 2003

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