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MHM Seminar

Seminar Outline

Date/Time	November 7, 2007 (Wed)
Speakers	Harumichi Uchida Yoshio Iteya Shin Kikuchi Tomohiro Tsuchiya Gaku Ishiwata Kenji Ito Ryota Miura Hideki Utsunomiya Akihisa Tamaki
Place	Hotel New Otani (Tokyo)
Host	Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Related Practice Areas	Regulatory/Regulated Transactions Competition/Antitrust

Details

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto held a seminar, and hosted a reception afterward at the Hotel New Otani, Tokyo on November 7, 2007. The seminar was made up of two sessions of lectures and panel discussions concerning "Legal Strategy and New Trends in Antimonopoly Law" and "Handling Activists at Shareholders' Meetings." We would like to express our sincere thanks to over 1,000 guests that took part in the seminar and reception.

Session 1

"Legal Strategy and New Trends in Antimonopoly Law – an introduction to new business practices based on one year of experience with the amended Antimonopoly Law and measures for handling further amendments"

Part1:	Latest Trends in Antimonopoly Law
Part2:	Points to Note in Acquiring Antimonopoly Clearance in Business Restructuring, M&A, and Business Alliances – strategy consideration based on recent cases and the influence of the new business combination guidelines
Part3:	New Developments in Business Practices and Track Records after the Introduction of the Leniency Policy under 2006 Amendments

Moderator:	Harumichi Uchida
Speakers:	Masahiro Murakami (Professor at the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University)
	Tomohiro Tsuchiya
	Kenji Ito
	Hideki Utsunomiya
	Akihisa Tamaki
	Yoshio Iteya
	William Baer (Arnold & Porter)
	Stephen Harris (Alston & Bird)
	Michael Reynolds (Allen & Overy) and Marleen Van Kerckhove (Arnold & Porter)

Session 2

Panel Discussion
"Handling Activists at Shareholders' Meetings"

Moderator:	Ryota Miura
Panelists:	Tomotaka Fujita (Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics)
	Akira Takata (IB Consulting Manager at Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.)
	Shin Kikuchi
	Gaku Ishiwata