PRINT THIS PAGE M&A in Japan10/07/2002. Source: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
M&A activity in Japan has increased dramatically in recent months. Management buy-outs, the foreign acquisition of ailing Japanese companies and hostile take-overs have all seen their numbers rise although Japanese companies, often backed by private equity firms, show a strong preference for MBOs above hostile take-overs, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer discusses.
Foreign ownership of Japanese business assets has no general restrictions after overseas investment was substantially liberated in 1992. However, it remains governed by four principal laws.
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