Monroe-Sheridan Foreign Law Office represented forest Inc. as U.S. counsel in forest’s JPY 900 million (approx. $8 million) seed financing round, announced on November 24. The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) and Nordstar Partners led the financing. The financing was covered in TechCrunch and the Nikkei newspaper. From…
Monroe-Sheridan Foreign Law Office advised Mizuho Bank in connection with the use of blockchain-based distributed ledger payment commitments in certain metal commodities transactions, which were publicly announced on August 24, 2021. The press release announcing the transactions is available here: https://www.baft.org/press-releases/currency-agnostic-blockchain-debuts-for-global-trade/ From the press release: Metal commodities worth around $43…
Monroe-Sheridan Foreign Law Office represented Reborna Biosciences, Inc. in its research collaboration with Biogen Inc. The research collaboration was publicly announced on April 30, 2021. The press release announcing the research collaboration is available here: https://rebornabiosciences.com/en/news/1023 From the press release: “Biogen is a leading company in the field of neurological…
