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    New sponsor election process for restructurings
    2016-07-15

    Background
    New approach
    Creditor involvement
    Comment


    It is common practice in many jurisdictions – including Japan – to elect a sponsor to finance a failing business in order to revitalise it. In many insolvency cases, such election is necessary for a successful restructuring.

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
    Authors:
    Yutaka Kuroda , Yosuke Kanegae
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
    Japanese wireless carrier declares bankruptcy
    2010-02-26

    Japanese mobile phone service operator Willcom has filed for bankruptcy protection after failing to reach agreement with creditors on the restructuring of the company’s US $2.3 billion debt load. Filed late last week under Japan’s corporate rehabilitation law, the petition ranks as the largest bankruptcy to affect a Japanese telecom carrier. It is expected to wipe out the investment of the Carlyle Group, the U.S.-based private equity firm that, in 2004, paid US $330 million for a 60% controlling stake in what was then the mobile phone unit of KDDI Corp.

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Telecoms, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Bankruptcy, Debt, Subscription business model
    Authors:
    Patrick S. Campbell
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    Corporate reorganization of Takefuji corporation
    2010-10-04

    Court Acceptance of Petition for Corporate Reorganization

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, White & Case, Shareholder, Debtor, Unsecured debt, Debt, Liability (financial accounting), Balance sheet, Debtor in possession, Market value, Trustee
    Authors:
    Koichiro Ohashi
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    White & Case
    Japanese and Singaporean investors capitalizing on U.S. investment opportunities
    2011-06-06

    © 2011 Bloomberg Finance L.P. All rights reserved. Originally published by Bloomberg Finance L.P. in the Vol. 4, No. 6 edition of the Bloomberg Law Reports—Asia Pacific Law. Reprinted with permission. Bloomberg Law Reports® is a registered trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P.

    Filed under:
    Japan, Singapore, USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Troutman Pepper, Foreign direct investment, Credit (finance), Security (finance), Market liquidity, Subprime lending, Investment banking, Economy, Balance sheet, Distressed securities, Brokerage firm
    Authors:
    Todd A. Feinsmith , Chaitra Gokul-Srinath
    Location:
    Japan, Singapore, USA
    Firm:
    Troutman Pepper
    A guide for directors of subsidiary companies in Japan
    2011-08-22

    Welcome to our guide for directors and prospective directors of subsidiary companies in Japan.

    Filed under:
    Japan, Company & Commercial, Competition & Antitrust, Insolvency & Restructuring, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Subsidiary
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Settlement of mortgage as gratuitous act
    2012-02-17

    Background
    Facts

    Decision


    On March 1 2011 Tokyo District Court issued a decision which admitted the right of avoidance exercised by the court-appointed administrator of a corporate debtor in possession under civil rehabilitation proceedings, where the debtor company had settled a mortgage for a financing company as the real guarantor of its parent company.

    Background

    Filed under:
    Japan, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Jones Day, Debtor, Mortgage loan, Debtor in possession
    Authors:
    Rika Sato
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    Supreme Court ruling on reimbursement claims for salary payments
    2012-05-18

    Background
    Facts

    Lower court decisions
    Supreme Court decision

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Bankruptcy, Debtor
    Authors:
    Rika Sato
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    Supreme Court rules on rights of retention
    2012-08-17

    Summary
    Background

    Facts
    Lower court judgments
    Supreme Court judgment
    Comment


    Summary

    Filed under:
    Japan, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Debtor, Clearing house (finance), Debt
    Authors:
    Rika Sato
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    When is a company split a fraudulent act?
    2012-12-21

    Introduction
    Facts
    Facts
    Decision
    Comment



    Introduction

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Surety, Debtor, Fraud, Liability (financial accounting)
    Authors:
    Rika Sato
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    Debtor-in-possession proceedings in Japan - an opportunity for distressed investors or a cautionary tale?
    2013-03-11

    Introduction

    Filed under:
    Japan, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hogan Lovells, Debtor, Debtor in possession
    Authors:
    Neil McDonald , Philip Hyde , Jonathan Green , Richard Bleackley
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Hogan Lovells

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