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Belgium boosts market supervision to restore investor confidence

Belgium's lawmakers are hoping to learn from the mistakes of the US and their European peers and bring legal certainty to the supervision of markets and the behaviour of listed companies.

February 01 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

About the contributors

Mitsuhiro Kamiya is a partner of Freshfields Law Office and leads the Japanese corporate practice. His specializations include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and intellectual property, and he covers various sectors including IT, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and retail business. His clients include large Japanese and international corporations.

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

Using private action for injunctive relief under the Antimonopoly Law

Japan's antitrust reforms are intended to crack down on violations of the Antimonopoly Law and give more adequate remedies to aggrieved parties. Companies must be careful not to expose themselves to the new risks of a private action filed by consumers and competitors as well as the risks of a possible injunctive order by the Japan Fair Trade Commission. By Shinya Watanabe and Hiroshi Kobayashi of Jones Day

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

In-house interviews: Meeting Japan's tough banking challenges

Financial institutions in Japan are tackling the regulatory and commercial challenges that all market players face. Apart from trying to win mandates in Tokyo’s increasingly competitive market, the foreign investment banks must also be careful not to fall foul of tough local regulators. IFLR spoke to general counsel at prominent banks in Tokyo about what should be done to revive the economy, how to overcome tough compliance challenges and whether Japan should set up an independent regulator.

January 28 2003

How Japanese companies can benefit from Irish investment vehicles

Ireland's regulatory environment is attractive for both fund management companies and originators of asset-backed deals from Asia. Irish investment vehicles offer advantages in terms of tax treatment, flexibility, transparency and robustness, say Mark Thorne and Conor Houlihan of Dillon Eustace

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

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