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> Law Review Articles
Business Law Journal 12/2014
The Vagaries of Vagueness: An Essay on “Cultural” VS. “Institutional” Approaches to Japanese Law, 22
Michigan State International Law Review 839 (2013)
ビジネス法務 Vol. 12, No.5 (5/2012)
ビジネス法務 Vol. 12, No.3 (3/2012)
ジネス法務 Vol. 12, No.2 (2/2012)
ビジネス法務 Vol. 12, No.1 (1/2012)
Washington University Law Review (2011)
"Corporate Governance and M&A"
in Japanese Business Law, G. D. McAlinn, ed.
Wolters Kluwer 2007
UFJ-MTFGの「取引防衛対策」はどの「取引」を「誰」のために「保護」しているのか?
国際商事法務 Vol. 33, No.2 (2/2005)
デラウエア州最高裁であったら、今回UFJホールディング側がとった合併統合防止策に対して、どのような司法判断を下したであろうか?
国際商事法務 Vol. 32, No.10 (11/2004)
> CLSA book
Under siege-Creeping normalisation of hostile tender offers- CLSA Japan (October 14, 2020)
Disrupters in the ecosystem-Past and future of shareholder activism in Japan- CLSA Japan Forum (May 23, 2019)
Moment of Truth CLSA Speaker Series (2010)
Indecent Proposals CLSA Speaker Series (2007)
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SMBC Nikko Seminar (February 27, 2024)
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SMBC Nikko Expert Seminar (October 17, 2023)
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CLSA Japan Forum (May 24, 2023)
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CLSA Japan Forum (May 24, 2022)
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CLSA Japan Forum (November 18, 2021)
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CLSA Japan Forum (August 18, 2021)
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CLSA Japan Forum (May 27, 2021)
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CLSA Japan Forum (May 23, 2019)
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> Nikkei Asian Review
Tokyo-style housing policy won't solve New York's problems 2/2024
Japan Inc. can't substitute social missions for corporate strategy 12/2023
Time for requiem to Japan's poison pill takeover defense 11/2023
Activist investor targeting Tokyo Disneyland stake may be in luck 10/2023
Sex imbalance at Japan's top university is nothing to worry about 9/2023
Activist investors cannot force Japanese mergers with ideas alone 9/2023
Japan's Bigmotor scandal is really a tale of misguided regulation 8/2023
Japan Supreme Court toilet ruling no victory for transgender rights 7/2023
For Japan's department stores, the game is nearly over (Paper) 6/2023
For Japan's department stores, the game is nearly over (Web) 6/2023
Cosmo Energy's anti-Murakami poison pill won't improve value 6/2023
Shinsei shareholders shouldn't bear cost of Japan's 1998 bailout 6/2023
Japan's M&A study groups wield uncanny power 4/2023
Japan has learned how to deflect Western pressure to 'share values' 3/2023
Japan is producing more lawyers than it knows what to do with 3/2023
U.S. pressure on Japan to free jailed naval officer is misplaced 2/2023
Japan puts new meaning into 'dog's life' 2/2023
Activist funds must invest more than money to make impact in Japan 1/2023
No doubt, Gwen Stefani is not Japanese even if she says she is 1/2023
Japan's 'Miss Contests' are hardly swimsuit competitions 12/2022
Stock incentives won't make Japanese execs prioritize shareholders 12/2022
Foreign rescue no solution to decline at Nissan and Toshiba 11/2022
Ex-princess Mako's husband finally passed the N.Y. bar. Now what 10/2022
Equality not the winner in Tokyo court decision on gay man's visa 10/2022
Shidax should prompt Japanese courts to review take-private deals 9/2022
The bills are piling up for Rakuten's mobile misadventure 9/2022
Japan's poison-pill rules face test as Murakami moves on JAFCO 8/2022
Toshiba and SoftBank show the limits of board power 8/2022
Japan Inc. is getting ready to pivot away from ESG 8/2022
METI's dual roles risk skewing the auction for Toshiba 7/2022
Muted response to Abe's assassination shows Japan's resilience 7/2022
Twitter reveals divergent political cultures of Japan and America 7/2022
Criminal penalties for insults set a bad free speech precedent 6/2022
Collapse of IR Japan shares a happy day for corporate governance 6/2022
Baffling COVID lockdown ruling defies legal logic 5/2022
Yoshiaki Murakami's Cosmo Energy bet defies conventional wisdom 5/2022
Seven & i's resistance disrupts ValueAct's 'constructive' storyline 4/2022
SMBC Nikko case shows that Japanese rules are not made to be broken 4/2022
Japan is right to defer Russia sanctions to the government 4/2022
Japan's original shareholder activist outshines his rivals 3/2022
SMBC Nikko market manipulation does not warrant prosecution 3/2022
Greg Kelly is found seven-eighths innocent 3/2022
SoftBank abandons 'information revolution' with sale of Arm 2/2022
World's largest pension fund should create safe space for ESG dissent 2/2022
Sony's lack of ecosystem poses an existential threat 1/2022
Dubious legal foundation for Japan's quarantine rules 1/2022
2022 look ahead What will decide Japan's winners and losers 12/2021
'Toshiba Next' is dead 11/2021
Legal ruling makes Japanese companies harder to acquire 11/2021
Paying Japan asset managers more will not deliver higher returns 10/2021
Seller's remorse should not confine Shinsei Bank's future 9/2021
Lessons for Masayoshi Son in Rakuten_s failure to halt Amazon 9/2021
Poison pill the wrong medicine when shady companies come knocking 9/2021
Joi Ito is an odd choice to lead Japan's new Digital Agency 8/2021
Murakami vindicated by Japan's first successful hostile takeover 8/2021
Japan court's surnames decision heralds creeping judicial activism 7/2021
Ever Given saga reveals the beauty of risk-spreading 7/2021
Familiar faces dominate Japan's company boardrooms 6/2021
Japan's imperial wedding drama a clash between old and new 6/2021
Hong Kong activist fund gives locals cover to betray TSE landlord 5/2021
Toshibas strategic plan reveals an elaborate work of tatemae 5/2021
Toshiba end game sees salarymen fight back to preserve autonomy 4/2021
CVC Capital's bid for Toshiba exposes pervasive conflicts of interest 4/2021
Japan must reform inadequate protections against self-dealing 3/2021
Murakami-backed fund exposes sweet insider deal at Japan Asia Group 3/2021
The remarkable diversity of Japan and its people 2/2021
COVID-19 Zoom boom has changed Japan Inc. forever 12/2020
Activist investors promise to make life hell for Japan's CEOs 11/2020
Biden victory a good time to cash out or go short 11/2020
Greg Kelly's prosecutors have painted themselves into a corner 10/2020
First hostile takeover of Japan restaurant chain no reason to cheer 9/2020
Has Warren Buffett lost his way? 9/2020
Japanese courts must backstop protections for minority shareholders 8/2020
Toshiba activist Effissimo fails to convince with board seat demands 7/2020
Japanese companies must stop gloating about cash-hoarding 5/2020
Nintendo's future is far from sure, despite coronavirus boost 4/2020
Coronavirus complicates SoftBank valuation calculations 4/2020
SoftBank failures show it is time to break up Japan's conglomerate 2/2020
Carlos Ghosn's news conference did not win him vindication he desires 1/2020
2020 look ahead: SoftBank's Son must repair damaged reputation 12/2019
Yahoo Japan-Line merger will not create domestic Alibaba or Amazon 11/2019
Oyo's business model is looking a lot like WeWork's 11/2019
Nissan's new chief executive inherits bitter, divided company 10/2019
Do not mistake Masayoshi Son for Warren Buffett 10/2019
Japan Inc must back independent boards as a check on hostile takeovers 8/2019
Abe's corporate reform plan faces acid test at government-run companies 6/2019
Ghosn Prosecutors Finally Catch a Fish 4/2019
Renault-Nissan -- Why not a proper merger? 4/2019
Itochu versus Descente -- investors stuck in the middle 3/2019
Ghosn charges are thin soup -- case for ex-Nissan boss 1/2019
Ghosn -- where the fault really lies 1/2019
A 19bn yen takeover exposes holes in shareholder protection 10/2018
Time to forget Japanese myth of good and bad shareholders 8/2018
Fujifilm vs Icahn -- the sequel 6/2018
> Japanese Language
それは裁判官が決めることですか 「同性婚」判決に潜む傲慢 (Paper) 4/2024
それは裁判官が決めることですか 「同性婚」判決に潜む傲慢 (Web) 4/2024
トランプの刑事訴追でアメリカは第三世界へ転落 3/2023
ハーバード大学長更迭…逆差別「終わりの始まり」(Web) 2/2024
性別手術は違憲?最高裁の立法乗っ取り (Paper) 11/2023
性別手術は違憲?最高裁の立法乗っ取り (Web) 11/2023
物言う株主は会社を立て直せるのか 混迷の東芝にみる可能性と限界 2/2023
SMBC日興証券「市場操縦」調査報告書の「有罪判決」は単純すぎる 7/2022
訴訟代理の「紹介料」めぐるベリーベスト弁護士懲戒は杓子定規すぎる 5/2020
日産とルノー、なぜ経営統合しないのか 日産の真の独立のために 4/2019
日産でもルノーでもなく、私心もない真の独立取締役会が日産株主に必要 12/2018
「悪い株主」に関する無知な寓話で経営者の居心地を守ろうとするとある国 9/2018
出る杭こそが日本企業の競争力を高める 同調だけでは捕食される 5/2018
富士フィルムの米ゼロックス買収に仕掛けられた美しき罠 4/2018
日本の「縦割り法学部」へようこそ 分断された専門の弊害 6/2017
パナソニックによるパナホーム完全子会社化の対価はなぜ上がったのか? 6/2017
孫正義氏がつくった三つ首怪獣ギドラ:ソフトバンクとファンドの利益相反 3/2017
イタリア企業買収で日立製作所が巻き込まれたトラブルの教訓 1/2017
村上世彰とダニエル・ローブ:アクティビスト型株主の過去と未来 10/2015
安倍首相インタビューを不正確引用した米紙の東京特派員 5/2013
電通の英国企業買収に3つの疑問:日本企業の海外M&Aの陥穽 9/2012
オリンパス問題:グローバル企業が日本型資本主義でスポンサー選び 8/2012
都心に感じる治安悪化 なぜ違法行為が取り締まられないのか 5/2012
オリンパス:日本型資本主義の価値観と文化を前提にすると… 1/2012
フォルクスワーゲンにケンカを売ったスズキの側の法律作戦は大丈夫? 10/2011
「ステークホルダーの皆様」は経営と収益性の弱さの言い訳か? 9/2011
モノ言う株主の再来、日本はどう返事するか? 6/2011
村上と堀江に思う 「気をつけないと『やられちゃう』よ」 5/2011
日本型資本主義のやり方は海外では通用しない 4/2011
米国人弁護士が疑問に思う米政府の冷たい態度と法的リスク 3/2011
> Nikkei
> Nikkei Business
東芝、「半官半民」では成長に限界 ギブンズ弁護士に聞く 8/2022
> Diamond Online
> BDTI Blog
三ツ星事件後もポイズン・ピル法理は解明されていない 8/2022