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[November Webinar] Recent tightening of investment regulations (CFIUS) by the United States and its impact on Japanese overseas M&A activity.

2021/11/9
[11/18 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates / FRONTEO Co-sponsored Online Seminar]

Overseas M&A by Japanese companies has been on a marked increase in recent years. With overseas M&A transactions, companies must deal with enormous volume, complex country specific laws and regulations, and be familiar with relevant sanctions to avoid violations that may result in high penalties in comparison to domestic M&A.

In this seminar, we will provide an overview of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect on national security. We will explain what kind of analysis and risk judgments should be considered when conducting overseas M&A transactions.

Additionally, the CFIUS investigation process has been referred to as a “black box" process within the industry since the types of examinations and dispositions by authorities are not publicly shared. As such, onsite and practical guidance provided by legal counsel is critically important and will be discussed during this seminar.

 

 


【Webinar Summary】

◆ Title: Recent tightening of investment regulations (CFIUS) by the United States and the impact of Japanese companies on overseas M&A and its actual situation
◆ Date: 2021/11/18 (Thursday) 15: 00-16: 00
◆ Fee: Free webinar
◆ Webinar type: Zoom Webinar
 
 

◆ Speaker:
 
Mitsuhiro Kamiya - Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
 
He serves as a representative partner of the Tokyo office. Attorney-at-law and New York State Bar. Acting as an agent for domestic and overseas companies, he is involved in a wide range of corporate legal affairs, mainly in cross-border M&A and joint ventures. Specifically, he advises on the construction of complex structures for corporate acquisitions and general corporate transactions including corporate law, intellectual property law, antitrust law and labor law. Recently, he has been named in The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in Chambers Global, Corporate / M&A in Japan in Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Asia Pacific Legal 500 and The Best Lawyers.
 
 
Akira Kumaki - Partner
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
 
He serves as a partner in the Tokyo office. He specializes in M&A, corporate law, and financial instruments law, and has worked on many domestic and international M&A transactions. He has been involved in numerous M&A transactions in Japan and abroad, and has published a series of articles in the Business Law Journal from the January 2011 issue to the December 1 issue. Co-author of "The Current Operation of Takeover Regulations in the United Kingdom and Implications for Japanese Takeover Bids" (Kokusai Shoji Homu Vol. 2011, No. 12, 38), "Re-examination of Conflicts of Interest and Duty of Loyalty" (Shoji Homu No. 7), "Issues and Responses to Proxy Solicitation in Hostile Takeovers" (Shoji Homu No. 2010), and "Issues and Responses to Proxy Solicitation in Hostile Takeovers. -The Issues and Responses to Proxy Solicitation in Hostile Takeovers" (Shojihomu No. 1944), and "Revision of U.S. Inward Investment Regulations and Its Impact on Practice" (Shojihomu No. 1827).
 
 
◆ About the Law Firm:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates is a leading international law firm with extensive experience in providing legal services to clients in Japan, the United States, and internationally in a wide variety of complex cross-border transactions. The firm's practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, structured finance, real estate transactions, joint ventures, debt and equity finance, as well as the establishment of investment funds and corporate restructuring transactions. In particular, we are a pioneer in the U.S. investment regulations (CFIUS), and we have handled an overwhelming number of CFIUS cases compared with other firms in the U.S. We are also experienced in the area of corporate restructuring transactions and the establishment of investment funds.
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