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Nishimura & Asahi covers in depth all capital market transactions, including debt (Euro bonds, global bonds and Samurai bonds), equity (IPOs, follow-on offerings and PIPEs), hybrid securities (convertible bonds and subordinated bonds) and J-REITs as well as securitization transactions and derivative transactions.

The team has a large share of the market and its track record include transactions with difficult legal issues and attracted public attention, such as the demutualization of Dai-ichi Life Insurance, dual-listing IPO of LINE Corporation, follow-on offering by Idemitsu and PIPE by Toshiba.
In the securitization market, Nishimura & Asahi represents a wide variety of clients such as arrangers, originators and trustees in various asset-type transactions. The team is active in securitization transactions involving public financial institutions.

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What the Team is Known For

Nishimura & Asahi has a greatly accomplished team providing the full spectrum of debt and equity services, as well as giving strong advice on hybrid products such as convertible bonds. The firm possesses a wide-ranging set of capabilities on REIT offerings. It is also well respected for its deep understanding of securitisation deals involving asset-backed securities and receivables. The team represents a range of clients including trustors, arrangers and originators, as well as public financial institutions with regard to securitisation. Its key clients include Nippon Steel, Mitsubishi and Japan Finance Corporation.

Work Highlights

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  • Nishimura & Asahi advised the underwriters on the global IPO of Skymark Airlines.

Strengths

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"Nishimura & Asahi has a variety of legal professionals, so they can always give us useful legal advice."

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"We greatly appreciated the commercial advice given with respect to the transaction."

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Notable Practitioners

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Kohei Koikawa
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Kohei Koikawa
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Kohei Koikawa remains a go-to counsel for capital markets deals and is extremely proficient on both debt and equity offerings, as well as REITs.

"He is very good at catching the tone of his client."

"He's one of the best capital markets lawyers in Japan."

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Naoya Ariyoshi
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Naoya Ariyoshi
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Naoya Ariyoshi receives praise from sources for his widespread activity in the securitisation field, as well as his knowledge of derivatives, such as credit default swaps.

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Kentaro Sugimoto
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Kentaro Sugimoto
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Kentaro Sugimoto is a well-regarded lawyer for capital markets, active on a diverse range of debt issuances and global equity offerings. His recent activity includes advising several major Japanese clients in their capacity as issuers.

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Kohei Koikawa
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Kohei Koikawa
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Kentaro Sugimoto
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Kentaro Sugimoto
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Naoya Ariyoshi
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Naoya Ariyoshi
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