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✅ In short: 🌏 The most difficult part of cross-border M&A is the post-signing integration phase. ⚠️ Underestimating cultural, regulatory, and human resource barriers increases the risk of failure. 🤝 Thorough mutual understanding before signing and careful integration support after the deal are key to success. 📊 Comprehensive due diligence, including not only financial due diligence but also cultural due diligence...

👉 In a nutshell:✅ Malaysia will introduce its first full-scale carbon tax in 2026.✅ The value of high-carbon-emitting companies will decline, accelerating the restructuring of the M&A market.✅ Carbon risk assessment will become a mandatory item in due diligence and contract clauses.✅ Acquisitions of renewable energy and energy-saving technology companies...

Attorney Mitsuru Misawa's article "ESG Strategies for Business: Part 25: Green Power System" was published in the Malaysian edition of Jiji News (published October 22, 2025). This article explains Malaysia's green power system. If you are interested, please...

Attorney Mitsuru Misawa's article, "ESG Strategies for Business: Part 24: The Current State and Future Prospects of Carbon Credits in Malaysia (4)," was published in the Malaysian edition of Jiji News (September 24, 2025). This article discusses Malaysia's emissions trading system and...

Attorney Mitsuru Misawa's article, "ESG Strategies for Business: Part 23: Current Status and Future Prospects of Carbon Credits in Malaysia (3)," was published in the Malaysian edition of Jiji Sokuho (August 27, 2025). This article discusses the upcoming JCM (The Joint Credit Mechanism)...

My article, "ESG Strategies for Business: Part 22: The Current State and Future Prospects of Carbon Credits in Malaysia (2)," was published in the July 23, 2025 issue of Jiji News Malaysia. This article introduces the carbon credit exchange, Bursa...