March 16 2021
The Japanese M&A market in 2020, like markets globally, was deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, there was a dramatic decrease in outbound deal volume with Japanese corporations instead focusing on the domestic market.
Japanese companies continued the trend of shedding non-core assets and consolidating their businesses. According to data from Dealogic, Japan s M&A deal volume in 2020 fell to 538 total transactions, with a total deal value of over $73 billion. Although deal volume was down from 2019, globally Japan was only surpassed by Germany, the US and the UK in terms of total deal value. The sectors producing the largest number of transactions were retail, financial services, and chemicals.
The webinar series, launched by
UH law lecturer
Gregory Kim, who started the nonprofit Business Law Corps with attorney and former student
Catherine Taschner, began last week and continues every Thursday at 10 a.m. through April 29, 2021, via Zoom. Participants can register online.
“If you lost your job or had to close your business because of
COVID-19, or maybe you are ready to start your side hustle all are welcome,” said Kim, a corporate attorney who has an
MBA in addition to his
JD degree.
The series is aimed at jumpstarting companies that have been hit hard by the pandemic, and offers an expansive series presenting advice from experts in the field. Each webinar will have helpful forms and handouts which will be explained during the session.
Posted: Mar 10, 2021
Professor Andrea Freeman
A symposium will bring together some of the nation’s foremost academics in the areas of critical race theory, family law, health and reproductive rights, food law and policy, and feminist theory, to discuss a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law professor’s book highlighting breastfeeding, race and injustice.
Professor Andrea Freeman’s
Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race and Injustice has gained wide acclaim and she has been a sought-after speaker at seminars and forums nationally and internationally.
The symposium on Friday, March 12, 12–2 p.m. via Zoom will be hosted by California Western School of Law President and Dean Sean Scott. Dean Scott will introduce Freeman who will give a keynote address followed by comments from an outstanding panel. Participants can register online.
UH and community volunteers at the Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa vaccination clinic.
On March 6, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty, staff and students actively involved in the local Filipino community helped to conduct full health assessments and vaccinate the elderly 75 and older and those 65 to 74 years old with pre-existing conditions. In partnership with the Filipino Community Center (
FilCom), Kalihi-Palama Health Center and multiple Filipino community organizations, the event was held at Co-Cathedral of St. Theresa in Kalihi. It was the first of several COVID-19 vaccination clinics that will be taking place at various churches across Oʻahu in an effort to provide outreach to those who cannot access vaccination websites to make an appointment.
Khara Jabola-Carolus–executive director, Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women
Summer Kaiawe–attorney and partner, Watanabe Ing
Rachel James–attorney, Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission
Law Dean
Camille Nelson said the professional journeys of these Richardson graduates highlights the many fields available to graduates with legal expertise, and is a testament to the exceptional education they received at the
UH law school.
Jamie Cheng
Cheng led her team of a dozen commercial bankers at American Savings Bank to move quickly to land loans for small businesses as part of Congress’ Paycheck Protection Program in 2020. According to the magazine, within a few weeks, the team had “handled 4,100 loans, secured $370 million in federal funds and saved an estimated 40,000 Hawaiʻi jobs.”