日本国内外の企業結合届出や対内直接投資の規制改革により、取引がどのような場合に規制当局の審査対象となるかの予測が困難になって

Despite a recent trend in the press to focus on economic challenges: whether trade wars, Brexit, or in Japan's case the impact of negative interest rates, and the structural problems posed by an aging population...

The agreement also grants BMS the option to receive exclusive licenses to Nitto's siRNA therapy for the treatment of lung fibrosis and other organ fibrosis.

Lately, global-level issues and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that indicate the goals for solving these issues have been drawing more attention. At Anderson Mori & Tomotsune...

On 22 November 2019, the Japanese Diet passed an amendment to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA), introducing new controls on foreign investment.

In "Japan's evolving merger reviews foreshadow both caution and hope for companies", we explore the Korean Air-Asiana merger, where the JFTC criticised the economic analysis submitted by the merging...

On August 2, 2017, the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced new amendments to the Guidelines for Corporate Governance Reports ("Amendments").

Digitalization. Complex supply chains.

As we reported in August 2023, the Corporate Transparency Act (the "CTA") will become effective on January 1, 2024. For the first time, the United States government...

Ken Siegel spoke to Law.com International about how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how law firms in Japan have looked for new avenues of growth.

The modern-day Japanese deal team is more agile, more aware of how the rest of the world sees it and more willing to reach out to their global counterparts.

The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (hereinafter referred to as the "Small Enterprise Agency") announced on June 28, 2024...

As Japan's population continues to decline, many Japanese companies are trying to find opportunities overseas.

The CFTC approved, by a two-to-one vote, a comparability determination that will allow substituted compliance with Japan's margin requirements for uncleared swaps.

On May 16, 2018, the Act on Special Measures for Productivity Improvement and an Amendment to the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act were enacted.

The Japanese government is currently considering (i) several amendments to the large shareholding reporting requirement, which is generally triggered when the position...

On May 15, 2024, the Japanese Diet enacted a bill to amend the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other related laws, which includes, among others, the following amendments...

Singapore partners John Rogers and Thomas Granger have recently been discussing private equity fund structures with Asian-Mena Counsel Offshore Update.

When I started working as a lawyer almost twenty years ago, I was eagerly waiting for all those amazing technological developments that would change the way in which we work.

In today's fast-paced, information-driven society, the economic value of personal information and data has soared and is driving the need for the enhanced...