Languages: English and Japanese (simultaneous interpretation provided)
Programme
10:30 Opening remarks
SESSION I: THE TREATY AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMMERCIAL LAW IN ITALY AND JAPAN
10:50 The Treaty of Friendship and Commerce
Mr. Giulio Antonio Bertelli (Professor, University of Osaka)
Negotiating with the Unknown: The 1866 Italo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce and its Historical Significance
Ms. Akiko Ohta (Professor, Keio University)
The Iwakura Mission and Italy
11:40 Comments and questions from the floor
11:55 The Evolution of Commercial Law in Japan and Italy
Ms. Chikako Suzuki (Professor, Keio University)
The History of Japanese Corporate Law’s Reform
Mr. Marco Giorgi (Lecturer, University of Rome, Tor Vergata)
Italian Commercial and Company Law: A History of Uniqueness, Hybridization, and Transplants
12:45 Comments and questions from the floor
13:00 Lunch break
SESSION II: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS LAW – FIELD REPORTS
14:30 Q&A on M&A: Issues related to acquisition of privately-owned companies in Italy and Japan
Ms. Akiko Sueoka (Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto – Tokyo)
A Japanese Practitioner’s Experience
Mr. Stefano Bianchi (Attorney at Law, Pavia e Ansaldo – Milan)
An Italian Practitioner’s Experience
Moderator: Mr. Adriano Villa (Attorney at Law, Pavia e Ansaldo – Tokyo and Milan)
15:45 Comments and questions from the floor
16:00 M&A in Italy and Europe
Mr. Isao Okubo (Managing Director, GCA Corporation)
M&A in Italy and Europe: A Japanese Perspective
16:25 Discussion and closing remarks
17:00 END
＊Light refreshments will be served after the end of the symposium.
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To RSVP, please send an email with your name, phone number and number of attendants to the following address: eventi.iictokyo@esteri.it object “26 October Symposium”
Wednesday 26 October 2016
10:30 – 17:00 (Door opening 10:00)
Organizers: AIGDC – Italo-Japanese Association of Comparative Law, Istituto Italiano di Cultural di Tokyo, Italian School of East Asian Studies, Pavia e Ansaldo Law Firm – Tokyo and Milan offices
Endorsements: Italian Embassy in Tokyo, Italian Trade Agency, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Keio University – Faculty of Law