Syndicated loans under US securities laws
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Syndicated loans under US securities laws
- Analysis of Kirschner v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Its Implications for Japanese Law -
Hideo Horikoshi, Takenobu Tsuruoka and Naosuke Miyakuni authored an article entitled "Recent Court Decision Holding that Syndicated Loans are not "Securities" under US Securities Laws - Analysis of Kirschner v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Its Implications for Japanese Law-”, which appears in Kokusai Shoji Homu (Journal on International Business Law and Practice) Vol. 49, No. 2 (February 2021).
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Takenobu Tsuruoka is a Partner in Nishimura & Asahi's acquisition finance group. Takenobu has extensive experience in the debt finance area, with a particular focus on acquisition financing, sustainable financing, project financing and securitization. He has a wealth of experience representing global private equity funds in high-profile deals, and he has been active in advising Japanese financial institutions as lenders or arrangers on leveraged financing, project financing and securitization. He gives due consideration to the market practice when providing legal advice.
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