Japan-Australia Investment | HSF
The seventh annual report on Japan-Australia Investment and the prevailing trends driving the investment relationship is an in-depth analysis of Japan-Australia M&A transactions and partnerships throughout 2023. This report encapsulates findings and insights gleaned from a thorough examination of deal trends that defined 2023, and identifies key drivers for the future including predictions for the trajectory of the Japan-Australia relationship for 2024 and beyond.
There has been a further deepening in the Japan-Australia relationship over the past 12 months as ‘partners in prosperity’ during a period of growing international turbulence. Changes in the global geopolitical environment have brought our two countries closer together as indispensable economic partners, particularly in the mutual pursuit of the energy transition to net zero by 2050. For more insights, download the report from the HSF website using the links below.
Available in English and Japanese from the HSF website
Japan-Australia Investment Report 2022: Decarbonisation and Energy Security
The sixth annual report from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) on Japan-Australia M&A and partnerships, and the prevailing trends driving cross-border investment.
The report reveals a step change in the Japan-Australia relationship in the last 12-18 months. Changes in the global geopolitical environment have brought the two countries closer together as trusted partners, particularly in the mutual pursuit of decarbonisation and energy security.
It is an exciting time for the Japan-Australia relationship, which is now a closely aligned partnership with broader government support and business collaboration, and greater bilateral cooperation than ever before.
Available in English and Japanese from the HSF website
Japan-Australia Investment Report 2021: The Year of Partnerships
The fifth annual report from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) on Japan-Australia M&A transactions and prevailing the trends driving cross-border investment.
The report reveals a continued growth in the Japan-Australia investment relationship. The highlight of 2021 is the explosion of new energy partnerships (particularly in hydrogen and ammonia) that involve more Japanese and Australian parties working collectively at a project level than ever seen before, to bring together the required technology, financing and logistics supply chain infrastructure to make the new energy economy a reality.
Driven by Japan’s need to ensure secure sources of imported energy in a decarbonising world, the partnerships will have an essential role if Australia is to continue as the main energy supplier to Japan leading up to 2050 and beyond. These new energy partnerships are a distinct third paradigm in the Japan-Australia business relationship and will form the basis of significant new investment over the next 5-10 years.
In this report, HSF reviews the transactions and partnerships from 2021, key drivers for the future, and makes predictions for 2022 and beyond.
Available in English and Japanese from the HSF website
JAPAN-AUSTRALIA M&A: 2020 REVIEW AND FUTURE TRENDS
A 2020 review from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) of Japan-Australia M&A transactions and the trends driving cross-border investment.
The review reveals a positive story for the Japan-Australia investment relationship. While the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on Japanese investment in Australia in 2020, it did not redefine the underlying trade and investment relationship. Sector diversification continues with Japanese companies becoming increasingly sophisticated in both the way they invest and implement post-merger integration.
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JAPAN-AUSTRALIA M&A: REVIEW AND TRENDS (2017 – 2020)
In an analysis of Japanese investment in Australia, Ian Williams, Senior Adviser at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Natalie McDowell, Senior Associate, find that diversification is a continuing theme.
Japanese investment in Australia, long channeled into the resources, energy and commodities area has spread out into a wide range of business sectors. This has brought new fields of interaction between Australian and Japanese executives.
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JAPAN-AUSTRALIA M&A: REVIEW AND TRENDS (2017 – 2019)
Japan – Australia Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have been increasingly active over the last few years.
AJBCC Member Company Herbert Smith Freehills, has analysed Japanese acquisitions in Australia up to 2019. The report was prepared by Ian Williams, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills and Vice-President of the AJBCC, together with Natalie McDowell, Senior Associate HSF and Chair of the AJBCC Future Leaders’ Group.
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