4th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference
29 Mar - 31 Mar 2023
Session information
Description
This session will consider:
• introduction of cases from various countries;
• activist campaigns;
• discussion between management of listed companies and activist shareholders and disclosure to the market;
• proxy fights and operation of general shareholders meeting where activist shareholders exist; and
• activist involvement in M&A (eg, activist taking a stake in a target during a takeover bid (TOB) launched by a purchaser in the midst of concerns about the fairness of TOB price, resulting in an increase of TOB price).
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Katsumasa Suzuki | MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO, Tokyo, Japan; Chair, Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee |
Speakers
| Ariel Deckelbaum | |
| Harumi Hyotani | UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan |
| Yasuyuki Konuma | Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc, Tokyo, Japan |
| Naoko Ueno | Glass Lewis Japan GK, Tokyo, Japan |