Technology is quickly becoming one of the most active and dynamic sectors for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2025. Despite a macro environment filled with uncertainty, technology deal activity reflects an appetite for...more
5/8/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Innovation ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector
With the consequences of the global pandemic still reverberating throughout the Asia-Pacific region, governments and businesses in the area continue to focus on the life sciences industry. From startups to global...more
The dynamic life sciences venture capital scene presents investors with a high-risk, high-return proposition. While often faced with a number of challenges, such as limited sources of revenue and capital, to early-stage...more
The number of Japan’s corporate venture capital (CVC) funds, which invest corporate funds directly in external startup companies, and the amount of their investments have risen markedly in recent years. This is especially...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis’s BE-12 Benchmark Survey for Foreign Direct Investment in the United States is due by May 31, 2023, or June 30, 2023 for reports submitted via eFile....more
Successful Japanese corporate venture capital (CVC) investments into US startups tend to be entered into with a long-term view and as a partnership with the target company. When taking a strategic decision to invest, capital...more
The number of Japan’s corporate venture capital (CVC) funds, which invest corporate funds directly in external startup companies, and amount of their investments have risen markedly in recent years. This is especially true in...more
The new Executive Order (EO or the Order) bans transactions by US persons in publicly traded securities of companies identified as “Chinese military companies,” and includes a ban on trading in derivatives of those securities...more
11/18/2020
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ETFs ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities Transactions ,
Trump Administration
The US Secretary of the Treasury announced sanctions this summer on 11 individuals who the Secretary views as being involved in implementing the recently enacted Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom on September 30 signed into law Assembly Bill No. 979, which requires publicly held companies headquartered in California to have a minimum number of directors from “underrepresented...more
10/8/2020
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Corporate Governance ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Gender Equity ,
Governor Newsom ,
Minorities ,
New Legislation ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Race Discrimination ,
Sex Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Woman Board Members
The automotive and mobility technology space continues to grow in line with the speed of automotive innovations. Startups are playing a key role in developing these cutting-edge technologies, including in autonomous driving,...more
Led in part by Japan, the third largest auto-producing nation in the world, the automotive and mobility technology space continues to grow at speeds as fast as the fastest new automotive innovations. Startups are playing a...more
8/17/2020
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Automotive Industry ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Driverless Cars ,
Innovative Technology ,
Japan ,
Liquidation ,
Misappropriation ,
Motor Vehicles ,
North America ,
Popular ,
Startups ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Secrets
President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13936 on July 14 titled “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization” (the Executive Order or EO 13936). On the same day, the Hong Kong Autonomy Act (HR 7440) was...more
7/29/2020
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Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong Autonomy Act (HKAA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Preferential Trade Status ,
Risk Management ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had sweeping effects around the world, and in this era of globalization, business transactions that span multiple jurisdictions and markets have fallen prey to new and unexpected risks...more
Japanese government officials have issued a broad travel ban, expanded to include major trading partners such as the United States, all of China, and Great Britain. With no state of emergency or stay-at-home orders currently...more