Oct 30, 2020 Shareholder activism in Japan: Part 4 – strategies, defenses and outlook By Jochen Ellrott Takeshi Nakao Elizabeth Bieber James Nepaulsingh +1 more... Show less In the final part of our blog series on shareholder activism in Japan, we wrap things up by showing the current activist shareholder...
Oct 29, 2020 The Suga administration finally changes Japan Inc? By Tomoko Nakajima 'Regulatory reform' – we’ve heard this phrase countless times from his predecessors, to the point where it sounds more like catchy...
Oct 27, 2020 Shareholder activism in Japan: Part 3 – the Japanese legal landscape By Jochen Ellrott Takeshi Nakao Elizabeth Bieber James Nepaulsingh +1 more... Show less In our penultimate blog on shareholder activism in Japan, we give a brief overview of the key Japanese laws governing activism. The...
Oct 26, 2020 The European Commission broadens its Member State referral system – increased uncertainty for businesses undertaking M&A? By Rikki Haria Sharon Malhi Marta Janek The European Commission (EC) has recently announced a change in policy to its referral system to bolster the circumstances in which it...
Oct 23, 2020 Shareholder activism in Japan: Part 2 – the changing face of shareholder activism and recent trends By Jochen Ellrott Takeshi Nakao Elizabeth Bieber James Nepaulsingh +1 more... Show less Japan is at a pivotal cultural moment in terms of shareholder activism. In this second part of our blog series, we do a deep dive and...
Oct 21, 2020 International capital markets: recent trends and outlook By David Ludwick Doug Smith Virginia Flower In an article published in October 2020 by LexisNexis, our international capital markets team gives an overview of recent trends...
Oct 20, 2020 Getting The Deal Through – The future of merger control By Amaryllis Müller Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum Ninette Dodoo Paul van den Berg +1 more... Show less The opening chapter of the 2021 Getting The Deal Through: Merger Control publication presents a few key developments relating to the...
Oct 20, 2020 Problematic changes to the UK's Covid Corporate Financing Facility for non-'investment grade' issuers By Greg Garfield As the long-feared 'second wave' of the coronavirus (COVID-19) looms, with much of the UK already subject to local lockdowns, the impact...
Oct 19, 2020 UK Government announces reform to pre-pack administrations By Richard Tett Katharina Crinson Edward Lewis On 8 October 2020, the UK Government published draft regulations applying to sales in administration by way of a 'pre-pack' to a...
Oct 19, 2020 Shareholder activism in Japan: Part 1 – history By Jochen Ellrott Takeshi Nakao Elizabeth Bieber James Nepaulsingh +1 more... Show less The perception of shareholder activism is undergoing rapid change in Japan. Traditional financial shareholder activists and their...
Oct 13, 2020 EU Market Definition Notice 2.0? Freshfields responds to the European Commission consultation By Victoria Canu Market definition is central to the application of EU competition law: in merger control, horizontal and vertical agreements, as well as...
Oct 12, 2020 New EU framework on screening of foreign direct investments now fully applicable By Marianne Wood Jonas von Kalben Against a backdrop of increasingly protective foreign investment measures across the world, the new EU regulation on the screening of...