With Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, 1998-1999. Author: "U.S. Tender Offer Rules: Issues Relating to Cross-Border Transactions," Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Vol. 27, Nos. 7,8, 1999; "Stock-for-Stock Exchanges in Japan: A New Alternative for Mergers and Acquisitions and Restructuring of Japanese Companies", World Securities Law Report Vol. 6, No.1, January 2000, BNA International Inc.; "Proposed Amendment to Commercial Code (Foreign Corporations, etc.)," Jurist, No. 1206, 2001. "Corporate Spin-off," Japanese Commercial Law Review, 1999. Co-Author: "Toward the Vitalization of MBO Transactions in Japan," Japanese Commercial Law Review, 1999; "M&A Corporate Law - Commercial Law & Securities and Exchange Law," and "New Development of M&A Tandsactions - Going Private," Corpus Juris M&A, Commercial Law Centre, Inc., 2001.