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4th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference

29 Mar - 31 Mar 2023

Session information

Session ten: Shareholder activism in Asia

Friday 31 March (1615 - 1730)

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	Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York, USA
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

Session presentations

Katsumasa Suzuki

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