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)
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)(日本語版)
SMBC Nikko Seminar (February 27, 2024)
SMBC Nikko Expert Seminar (October 17, 2023)
CLSA Japan Forum (May 24, 2023)
CLSA Japan Forum (May 24, 2022)
CLSA Japan Forum (November 18, 2021)
CLSA Japan Forum (August 18, 2021)
CLSA Japan Forum (May 27, 2021)
CLSA Japan Forum (May 23, 2019)
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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
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For Japan's department stores, the game is nearly over (Web) 6/2023
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Shinsei shareholders shouldn't bear cost of Japan's 1998 bailout 6/2023
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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
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Shidax should prompt Japanese courts to review take-private deals 9/2022
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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
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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
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トランプの刑事訴追でアメリカは第三世界へ転落 3/2024
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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
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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
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