Lawyers

Kei Asatsuma

Kei Asatsuma

Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Private Equity; General Corporate

Position

Partner. His practice focuses on complex business transactions, including M&A, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, leveraged buyouts, private equity investing, restructuring and workouts, and recapitalizations. He also counsels clients in a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance issues, and is often called upon to represent public companies involved in takeover and active shareholder defense.

Career

Admitted: 1997, Japan; 2003, New York; Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago (2002-2003); Partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu since 2005. Outside Director of Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. since 2016.

Languages

Japanese, English

Memberships

Member of Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association; Member of New York State Bar Association

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1995); The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2002).

Leisure

Baseball