FRONTEO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Masahiro Morimoto, hereinafter: FRONTEO) co-sponsored with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates (hereinafter: Skadden) on April 4. will hold an international conference titled "Recent Developments in the Corporate Sector in Japan", inviting senior executives and leaders who are active internationally.

　At this conference, leaders in each theme from FRONTEO, Skadden, Mizuho Securities, Morrow Sodali, Kekst CNC, Advantage Partners, Carlyle, etc. We will share information and discuss the roles of investors and private capital that have an impact on changes in corporate behavior from various perspectives, as well as the preparation of companies, and introduce lessons learned from the latest cases.

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◆ Title: Recent developments in the Japanese corporate sector
◆ Date: Tuesday, April 2023, 4, 18:3 – 00:6 pm
　 * Reception will be held from 6:00 pm
◆ Venue: Tokyo Marriott Hotel
　 140-0001-4 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 7-36
　 About 5 minutes by free shuttle bus or 10 minutes on foot from Shinkansen/JR lines/Keikyu Line/Shinagawa Station (Takanawa Exit)
◆ Participation Fee: Free
◆ Participation conditions: Persons from law firms and those with free email addresses are not permitted to participate.
◆ How to apply:https://legal.fronteo.com/event_20230418
*Please apply by Friday, April 4th.
*Simultaneous interpretation between Japanese and English will be available on the day.

Afternoon 3: 30 to 4: 15
Panel I: The Rise of “Activist Investors”
The trends and focus of activists, including their strategies, operations and methods of attack;
How should companies prepare?
What should a company do when attacked?
chairperson:
・Jochen Legewie (Dr.) / Kekst CNC Asia Regional Representative / Japan Chief Executive
Panelist:
・Mr. Yasuhiro Kikuchi / Mizuho Securities Global Investment Banking Division Managing Director
・Minako Otani / Kekst CNC Director
・Dominic Henderson / Morrow Sodali Managing Director ・Representative of Japan
・Mr. Mitsuhiro Kamiya / Skadden Partner (M&A)
・Kenton King / Skadden Partner (M&A, Corporate Governance)
・Scott Hopkins / Skadden Partner (M&A, Corporate Governance)

Afternoon 4: 25 to 5: 10
Panel II: The Transforming Role of Private Equity (PE)
・Recent status of PE fund activities, investor attributes, size and investment conditions during and after the COVID-XNUMX pandemic
The latest trends in PE fund transactions and investments: activist investor campaigns, business succession, growth investments and other targeted businesses.
chairperson:
・Akihiro Kido / Mizuho Securities Global Investment Banking Global Advisory Head (M&A)
Panelist:
・Hiroyuki Otsuka / Carlyle Japan Deputy Representative and Managing Director
・Hideo Nagatsuyu / Advantage Partners Senior Partner
・Kenji Taneda / Skadden Partner (Corporate)
・Akira Kumaki / Skadden Partner (M&A)

Afternoon 5: 20 to 5: 50
Panel III: Cross-Border Forensics / Litigation Involving Japanese Companies
・Difficulties of cross-border forensics for Japanese companies
・Use of AI
·Case Study
chairperson:
・Shiho Tanaka / Senior Vice President, Discovery Consulting Division, FRONTEO USA
Panelist:
・ Makoto Furuta / FRONTEO Legal Tech AI Business Headquarters Advanced Information Analysis Team XNUMX Manager
・Akira Kumaki / Skadden Partner (M&A)

Afternoon 6: 00 to 7: 00
reception

■ About FRONTEO　URL: https://www.fronteo.com/
FRONTEO is a data analysis company that provides various AI solutions and services using the in-house developed AI engine "KIBIT". Based on the philosophy of "providing solutions that do not overlook risks and opportunities buried in records and realizing fairness in the information society," extract meaningful and important information from vast amounts of text data and complex networks. Our strengths are natural language processing and network analysis technologies that support the advanced judgment of experts.We are developing businesses in the areas of legal tech AI, business intelligence, life science AI, and economic security, and contributing to solving various corporate and social issues. Founded in August 2003, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers (currently Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth) on June 8, 2007.The company operates in Japan, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.Acquisition of first-class medical device manufacturing and sales business license, notification of controlled medical device sales business.Capital 6 thousand yen (as of March 26, 3,034,846).

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