Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Global Guide 2024 : Japan
Band 1
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We lead and participate in international and domestic M&A transactions. Our lawyers provide clients with comprehensive and integrated services to effectively meet their needs, including strategic planning, legal due diligence, documentation, negotiation, communication with relevant governmental authorities, and procedures for closing.
Our lawyers are experienced in acquisitions and dispositions in a wide range of industries. We have participated in transactions that involve issues associated not only with corporate laws and securities regulations, but also tax law, antitrust law, intellectual property law, labour law, bankruptcy law, and various business regulations. Our team closely cooperates with specialists in these areas and has developed long-standing cooperative relationships with leading scholars, stock exchanges and Japanese regulatory authorities.
Our firm has four offices in Japan and 14 overseas offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, Frankfurt/Düsseldorf, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, New York, Singapore, Taipei, Yangon and Hong Kong. In addition, we have also developed strong relationships with many law offices around the world. We utilize the capabilities of our Japanese lawyers and internationally qualified lawyers in our global offices to effectively handle complex cross-border transactions and provide clients with the services necessary to successfully fulfill their goals and maximize the value of their investment in the global marketplace.
Chambers Review
Nishimura & Asahi is experienced in handling a wide array of transactions relating to tender offers, share exchanges, stock acquisitions and business integration. The firm acts for a variety of domestic companies on inbound and outbound transactions and offers advice to clients on joint ventures with Asian companies. The team also offers expertise in corporate restructuring and consolidation. The firm is able to draw on expertise from its international network of offices to help facilitate cross-border matters. Its clients include Mitsubishi Corporation, Hitachi Transport System and Bain Capital Private Equity.
Work Highlights
- Nishimura & Asahi advised Bain Capital Private Equity on its acquisition of Evident Corporation, a subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, for the purpose of acquiring Olympus’s Scientific Solutions business.
Strengths
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"Nishimura & Asahi is our go-to firm in Tokyo."
"They are great, especially in terms of cross-border finance and insurance matters. They are the number one firm in the market."
"N&A are credible and have sufficient resources to handle large global transactions."
"Nishimura & Asahi is our go-to firm in Tokyo."
"They are great, especially in terms of cross-border finance and insurance matters. They are the number one firm in the market."
"N&A are credible and have sufficient resources to handle large global transactions."
Notable Practitioners
Yoshinobu Fujimoto is active on M&A and share purchase transactions, and also has experience in joint ventures and shareholder activism matters.
"He is one of the handful of M&A wizards in the Tokyo market. Having his views to help align strategies for responding to the other side, especially in M&A transactions, is truly valuable."
Asa Shinkawa focuses on mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on tender offers, acting on both domestic and cross-border transactions. She has experience acting for clients in the pharmaceutical and financial services sectors.
Hiroshi Uchima is an established lawyer in the M&A space who is noted for providing advice to a variety of clients, including major corporations and private equity firms.
"He is experienced and cares about clients' interests a lot."
Ryutaro Nakayama has experience on a range of transactional matters, including advising on the merger control aspects of M&A mandates. He is particularly well placed to handle transactions on behalf of clients operating in the regulated sectors.
Tatsuya Tanigawa handles cross-border and domestic M&A transactions and frequently serves clients in the insurance and financial sectors.
Yo Ota receives praise from a market source for his corporate law expertise. He is well placed to advise on acquisitions, business alliances and corporate governance matters.
"He is experienced and rich in professional knowledge, and he provides easy to understand explanations and legal resolutions in a timely manner."
Takahiko Date regularly assists clients in both domestic and cross-border M&A transactions such as joint ventures and corporate restructurings.
Yuki Oi advises notable Japanese and international corporations on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
"His advice tends to have good business and legal judgement which is based on a good balance between risk mitigation and risk taking based on credible knowledge about the legal ground."
Hikaru Oguchi is based in Tokyo and is best known for representing Japanese corporates in their investments into Vietnam. She is regularly involved in large cross-border mandates, with clients remarking upon the quality of advice that she provides.
"Hikaru Oguchi is a natural leader with great commercial acumen and a profound knowledge of clients' businesses."
Yusuke Yukawa is a frequent adviser to Japanese clients from his base in Myanmar, often assisting on joint ventures and cross-border investments.
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