Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Japan
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As one of Japan’s leading law firms, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu provides its clients with strategic and business-orientated legal advice on all aspects of general corporate matters and M&A transactions. With tailor-made and practical solutions, we help our international clients to maneuver through the Japanese legal environment including comprehensive market-entry support.
The firm has a vast network of relationships with foreign companies and law firms that provide it with a unique perspective when representing clients in international deals. Our overseas network includes offices in New York, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Jakarta* and Shanghai. The firm also maintains collaborative relationships with prominent local law firms across Asia and other regions. We regularly handle and coordinate matters involving complex legal issues in a number of Asian jurisdictions. As a pioneering Japanese law firm that has established its presence in New York, our activities in the United States and throughout the Americas and Europe are expanding rapidly. The firm strives to meet the needs of both its international clients operating in Japan and Asia and its domestic clients operating outside Japan or seeking to expand their operations overseas.
(*Associate office)
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https://www.noandt.com/en/practices/m_and_a/
Chambers Review
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu maintains a superb market reputation for undertaking sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions pertaining to stock and company acquisitions, joint ventures, asset transfers and takeover bids. The team is instructed by foreign multinationals in the sale of equity stakes in domestic companies and is also adept in business consolidations. The firm is counsel of choice for some of the biggest household-name corporations in Japan, assisting clients from a wide range of sectors including finance, life sciences and manufacturing. Its key clients include Sumitomo Mitsui, KKR and the Nagano Bank.
Work Highlights
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu advised on PAG’s acquisition of Huis Ten Bosch theme park.
Strengths
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"The NO&T team's service levels and responsiveness were outstanding. They had team members working on our engagement uniquely from multiple locations and as a result they had almost 24/7 coverage on any matters that required their attention."
"It is a law firm with a sense of security that provides sophisticated legal services that are courteous and considerate of the client company's culture and position."
"The NO&T team's service levels and responsiveness were outstanding. They had team members working on our engagement uniquely from multiple locations and as a result they had almost 24/7 coverage on any matters that required their attention."
"It is a law firm with a sense of security that provides sophisticated legal services that are courteous and considerate of the client company's culture and position."
Notable Practitioners
Kenichi Fujinawa remains a highly respected player in the corporate law arena. His significant experience in the field spans transactional mandates, corporate compliance and governance matters.
Hiroki Inoue is a highly esteemed practitioner with considerable experience in the market. His wide-ranging expertise covers M&A, private equity, capital markets and venture capital transactions.
Yuko Tamai enjoys a stellar reputation in this practice area and continues to advise high-profile Japanese clients on acquisitions and joint ventures.
"She is very trustworthy and can be relied upon to provide quality advice. While she provides solutions, she is also quite prudent from a legal aspect."
Tomohiko Iwasaki advises on significant domestic and cross-border transactions.
"He possesses fathomless knowledge and ability, as well as judgement, responsiveness, English proficiency and speed."
Ryuji Sakai represents both domestic and international clients in M&A matters, frequently acting for major corporates from a variety of sectors.
Soichiro Fujiwara is a well-known corporate practitioner in the market. His established reputation in the M&A field includes advising on cross-border transactions.
"He is one of our most trusted legal counsels."
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