Takeshi Iitani published an article entitled “Stock-for-Stock Acquisitions of Foreign Companies by Third-Party Allotment” in the August 2016 issue of Business Homu.

Mangyo Kinoshita and Eric Marcks published an article entitled “Recent Trends regarding US Regulatory Authorities’ Review of M&A Transactions” in the June 2016 issue of Mergers & Acquisitions Research Report on tax-motivated tax-inversion transactions and on increased scrutiny of inbound deals by US competition and national security authorities.

Takeshi Iitani was featured in an article in the May 18, 2016 Nikkei Business Daily in relation to force majeure and related legal doctrines in connection with natural disasters such as the Kumamoto Earthquake.

Eric Marcks spoke on a panel on representations and warranties insurance at the annual meeting of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 15, 2016.

Eric Marcks was featured in an article in the April 7, 2016 Nikkei Business Daily in relation to increased scrutiny, on national security grounds, by CFIUS (the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US) of acquisitions of US targets by foreign buyers.

Mangyo Kinoshita is ranked as a Band 3 corporate/M&A lawyer in Japan by Chambers and Partners in its Global Guide, placing him among the top Japan-qualified transactional lawyers in Japan. The guide states that Mangyo is “considered to have a deep knowledge of significant M&A matters and offers considerable experience of US-related transactions” and explains […]