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JAPANESE UPDATE – A Step Towards Easing Restrictions on Use of Exchange Offers by Japanese Companies Making Foreign Acquisitions

Published on: November 11 2011
Contributed by: Shuji Yanase, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Tokyo)

Executive Summary/Highlights:  Japanese legal hurdles to cross-border exchange offers or triangular mergers have deterred Japanese acquirers from using their stock in cross-border acquisitions. A recent amendment to the Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization and Innovation, which took effect on July 1, 2011, introduces a new path to facilitate exchange offers by Japanese firms … Continued

Editors’ Note:  This paper was authored by Akemi Suzuki, a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu who concentrates on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in theU.S., Asia andEurope.  Shuji Yanase is a former chairman of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu and a member of XBMA’s Legal Roundtable, with more than thirty years of leadership in international M&A transactions involving Japanese firms.

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XBMA – Quarterly Review for Q1 2011

Published on: June 29 2011

The attached slides summarize trends in cross-border M&A and strategic investment activity throughout the first quarter of 2011.   Highlights: Global M&A volume for Q1 2011 was US$671.8 billion, up 29.5% as compared to Q1 2010. Cross-border transactions have rebounded substantially from 2009: 38% of Q1 2011 global M&A was cross-border — up slightly from … Continued

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