Asa Shinkawa
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+81 3 6250 6200Share profile
Band 1
About
Provided by Asa Shinkawa
Practice Areas
M&A, Joint Ventures, Defense against Hostile Takeover/Shareholder Activism, Private Equity, Cross-border M&A, Corporate Governance and Shareholders’ Meeting & Relationships with Shareholders
Career
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
Professional Memberships
Admitted: Japan (1991); New York (1998).
Publications
Getting the Deal Through - Private Equity 2022
Corpus Juris M&A - Completely Revised Edition (first volume) (second volume) 2019
Languages Spoken
Japanese, English
Clients
KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS
Goldman Sachs
AstraZeneca
ITOCHU CORPORATION
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
SBI Holdings
Work Highlights
•Integration of power-generator systems business by Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
•ITOCHU Corporation’s taking-private transaction of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation
•SBI Holdings, Inc.’s taking-private transaction of Shinsei Bank, Ltd.
•Pattern Energy Group’s sale of all shares in Green Power Investment Corporation to NTT Anode Energy and JERA
•Goldman Sachs’s sale of all shares in Japan Renewable Energy Co. Ltd. to ENEOS Corporation
•Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s acquisition of shares in Seiyu GK from Walmart Inc.
Industry Sector Expertise
Technology & Telecommunications, Energy, Life Sciences
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Japan, U.S.
Education
Harvard Law School
LL.M.
1997
The University of Tokyo
LL.B.
1989
Awards
The World’s Leading Lawyer for Business (Corporate/M&A)”
Chambers Global 2009 -2024
2024
Dealmaker of the Year
ALB Japan Law Awards
2022
Dealmaker of the Year, North Asia
ALB Women in Law Awards
2021
Woman Lawyer of the Year
ALB Japan Law Awards
2020
Private Equity Deal of the Year
The Asia Legal Awards
2021
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Asa Shinkawa focusses 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.
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Key Sectors
Provided by Nishimura & Asahi
Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)
Energy and Utilities
Industrials, Engineering and Manufacturing
Health and Life Sciences