5th Asia-based International Financial Law Conference
10 Sep - 12 Sep 2025
Session information
Session one: Evolving tender offer rules in Asia, Europe and the US
Thursday 11 September (0945 - 1100)
Description
The panel will discuss recent regulatory developments regarding tender offer rules across the various regions, especially in light of the proposed amendments to adopt mandatory tender offer rules in Korea. Among other issues, there will be a focus on:
- how different jurisdictions protect investors from the risk of ‘creeping control’;
- the different approaches to mandatory tender offers in Korea, Japan, EU and the US and background of these differences;
- how ‘tender offers’ are defined;
- how mandatory tender offer rules play out in countries where they are adopted; and
- special considerations in adopting mandatory tender offer rules.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Kyung Hwa Moon | Shin & Kim LLC, Seoul, South Korea; Vice Chair, Conferences Subcommittee |
| Trevor Norwitz | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, USA; Co-Chair, Securities and Capital Markets Committee |
Speakers
| Joon Hyug Chung | Seoul National University School of Law, Seoul, South Korea |
| Federica Munno | Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici, Milan, Italy; Regional Representative Africa, Securities and Capital Markets Committee |
| Katsumasa Suzuki | MORI HAMADA & MATSUMOTO, Tokyo, Japan; Regional Representative Asia Pacific, Securities and Capital Markets Committee |