Making the identity of beneficial owners transparent: Considerations for Japan from the English experience

Lorraine Talbot; Andreas Kokkinis

Making the identity of beneficial owners transparent: Considerations for Japan from the English experience

Birmingham Law School

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Abstract

There is both a public and private rationale for the transparency of share ownership. We contribute to ongoing policy discussions in Japan by assessing the emergence of share ownership transparency in English company law, and showing how transparency continues to be shaped by public policy, shareholder primacy, management control and private ordering

Original language	English
Number of pages	31
Journal	Journal of Business Law
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 18 Apr 2024

Bibliographical note

Not yet published as of 29/04/2025; publication expected Spring 2025.

Keywords

beneficial owners
takeovers
Japan
nominee shareholders

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Making the identity of beneficial owners transparent: Considerations for Japan from the English experience

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