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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
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Partner：Practicing in the capital markets area and providing advice relating to offering of equity and debt securities by Japanese and non-Japanese companies including major financial institutions in the Japanese market and overseas market, offering of fund interests in Japan, investment in start-up companies, granting of equity awards and securities law related issues including disclosure related issues and insider trading issues. Also practices in areas such as financial regulations, corporate and M&A, corporate governance and international dispute related matters.
Foreign Law Partner Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi
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M&A, including public tender offers, LBO/MBO, joint ventures, general corporate work, and investment in Asian countries
Dispute Resolution; Employment and Labor Practice; Risk and Crisis Management
General Corporate, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Restructuring/Insolvency, Asia
His practice focuses on M&A and corporate transactions, including rehabilitation of financially troubled companies, investment by private equity funds, joint ventures and takeover defenses. He also advises on corporate governance matters. He regularly represents domestic and foreign clients.
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PartnerPractice focuses on real estate-related matters including real estate funds, real estate financing, real estate securitization and Japanese REIT (J-REIT) formation. Extensive experience with joint ventures and M&A transactions and also represents a wide range of clients, both domestic and foreign (regularly represents financial institutions, investment funds, and companies operating in various industries including real estate companies, construction companies, pharmaceutical companies, machinery manufacturers and chemical companies.).
Main area of practice are financing/capital market transactions and corporate law, including securities offering, securities regulations, fund regulations such as private fund filing requirements, corporate governance and tender offer regulations.
Partner, specializing in capital markets; securitization/structured finance/trust; real estate investment/real estate securitization
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Banking; acquisition finance, asset-based finance; project finance, structured finance; real estate; corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Antitrust/Competition Law Advice, Antitrust Litigation/Investigation, Merger Control, Unreasonable Premiums and Misleading Representation Prevention Act and Subcontract Act, International Trade, General Corporate.
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M&A, corporate governance, overseas support services, environmental law and general corporate.
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.
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Head of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Hanoi Branch, providing legal services to Japanese affiliated companies to invest and/or expand their business into Vietnam and other south-east Asian countries, and to Vietnamese companies to invest into Japan. Practice area includes General corporate, M&A, Real Estate Transactions, Banking and Project Finance.
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); IP Transactions; IT and Telecommunications; Media, Game, Entertainment and Sport; Pharmaceutical and Health Care; Data Protection and Privacy; Corporate Governance; and General Corporate.
Partner practicing Financial Regulations and Fund Management, including provide advice on regulations relating to asset management, securities, banking and other financial services, assist in obtaining required licenses and registrations; assist in organising investment trusts, private investment funds and other investment vehicles; personal data protection; compliance matters; general corporate.
Financial Service Regulations; (Re)Insurance Transactions
Dispute Resolution; IP, IT and Entertainment; IP Transactions; IP Litigation; General Corporate
Partner of Real Estate and J-REITs, Pharmaceutical and Health Care
Partner: Mr. Horiuchi focuses on corporate restructuring and reorganization in the broadest sense: M&A, private equity investments, joint ventures, business alliances as well as tax advice and planning for the above. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions and frequently provides such corporate and tax legal services to non-Japanese clients. He further routinely advises on transactional matters for pharmaceutical companies utilizing his pharmaceutical science background as a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmaceutical, Medical and Health Care; Financial Regulations; Asset Management/Fund Business; Corporate/M&A
Kohei Okawa has mainly been involved in restructuring and insolvency cases and distressed M&A cases. He has a lot of experiences of corporate restructuring and insolvency, whether out-of-court or in-court.
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Dispute Resolution; Employment and Labor Practice; Antitrust Practice; General Corporate; Risk and Crisis Management
General Corporate, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Disputes in Foreign Jurisdictions
Partner. His practice focuses on capital market transactions, including IPOs, equity and debt financing. He also counsels clients in a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance issues.
Corporate/M&A; General Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Private Equity/Venture Capital; Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust; Acquisition Finance; Project Finance; Financial Regulations/Fund Management; Real Estate and J-REITs; Pharmaceutical and Health Care.
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Partner. Mr. Kumeuchi regularly provides advice spanning a wide range of areas, including real estate law / J-REITs, pharmaceutical law, and intellectual property law.
Partner; Main area of work is capital markets and corporate law, including offering of debt and equity securities, IPOs, J-REIT and tender offer.
Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust; Banking; Asset Management/Fund; Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Investment/Real Estate Securitization; J-REITs; Project Finance; Natural Resources and Energy; Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Wealth Management/Business Succession/Inheritance; Asia, India; Other Asian Jurisdictions; Casinos/Gambling
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Partner specialised in capital market transactions. Main area of work is domestic and global offering of debt and equity securities, private placement, initial public offering and share compesation transaction.
Specializing in Securitization, Structured Finance, Corporate Finance and Trust practice, as well as Banking and Securities Regulations. Practice area also covers Real Estate Investment/Real Estate Securitization, Real Estate Transactions, J-REITs, Asset Management/Fund, Project Finance, Acquisition Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Financial Regulations/Financial Compliance, Restructuring/Insolvency, General Corporate, Asia, Philippines, North America and Latin America.
Head of Overseas Office (HCMC Office)
Mr. Kobayashi has a wealth of practical experience handling high-profile insolvency and restructuring proceedings, including large-scale corporate reorganizations.
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Currently stationed in Singapore Office providing legal services to Japanese affiliated companies to expand their business into south-east Asian countries. Practice area includes General corporate, M&A, Banking and Project Finance.
Dispute Resolution (Consumer Litigation, Civil and Commercial Disputes, Employment Disputes, Tax Disputes, Antitrust Litigation/Investigation, Environmental Disputes), Consumer Law Advice, Employment Law Advice, Unreasonable Premiums and Misleading Representation Prevention Act and Subcontract Act, Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Pharmaceutical and Health Care, General Corporate, Corporate Governance, Data Protection and Privacy
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Private Equity, M&A, Acquisition Finance, Corporate, TMT, Space
Banking; Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust; Financial Regulations/Fund Management; Restructuring/Insolvency
Asia, China, North America and Latin America, General Corporate, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Banking, Financial Regulations/Financial Compliance, Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust, Civil and Commercial Disputes, Disputes in Foreign Jurisdictions, International Arbitration, Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Employment Law Advice, IP Transactions, Antitrust/Competition Law Advice, Unreasonable Premiums and Misleading Representation Prevention Act and Subcontract Act
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Tax Practice; Tax Advice and Planning; Tax Controversy
General Corporate; Corporate Governance; Banking; Project Finance; Insurance; Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance; Restructuring/Insolvency; Disputes in Foreign Jurisdictions; IP Transactions; IP Disputes; IT and Telecommunications; Media; Entertainment and Sport; Natural Resources and Energy; Asia; North America and Latin America; Civil and Commercial Disputes; Maritime Commercial Law
Partner; Main area of his work is capital markets, including debt, equity and hybrid securities, IPOs, follow-on and Samurai bonds, and financial regulations/compliance and governmental investigation.
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Head of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Thailand) Co., Ltd., supporting Japanese companies to expand their business into Thailand and providing advice to Japanese affiliated companies in Thailand and other south-east Asian countries. Also advises foreign corporate clients on their investment in Japan. Main areas of practice include general corporate, M&A, private equity/venure capital and disputes in foreign jurisdictions.
Corporate/M&A
IP Transactions, Media, Entertainment and Sport, IP Disputes, IT and Telecommunications, General Corporate
Real Estate and J-REITs; Infrastructure; General Corporate (including corporate governance, compliance); Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Securitization/Structured Finance/Trust; Financial Regulations/Fund Management; Legislation/Regulations; Risk and Crisis Management; Overseas Support Services.
Partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Bangkok Office
M&A/Corporate, TMT
Partner. Sosuke Kimura is a career-long expert in the capital markets industry, who provides high-quality advice on securities offering transactions, covering all equity, debt and hybrid securities. He also has deep experience in M&A transactions, especially tender offer transactions in which listed companies go private.
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Partner. He specializes in handling real estate and capital markets related matters. His experience covers real estate transactions, real estate securitization, real estate financing, formation and management of real estate funds (J-REITs and private funds), initial and follow-on public offering of J-REITs, and M&A transactions of real estate companies and J-REITs.
Main area of practice is banking, energy, infrastructure and other projects (including PFIs and PPPs) and project finance.
Partner, specializing in tax and asset planning matters.
Partner (Banking, Capital Markets, Securitization/Structured Finance, Derivatives, Infrastructure)
Partner practicing Corporate, M&A and Banking.
Partner; Main area of work is finance transactions and the relevant regulatory matters, especially securities offerings by various issuers including J-REITs, M&A finance, securitization, and structured finance.
Financial Regulations (Banking Act, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Insurance Business Act)
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General Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity/Venture Capital, IP Transactions, Pharmaceutical and Health Care
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Tomohiro Okawa is a partner at the Tokyo office of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He has been mainly involved in cross-border transactions by leveraging a variety of deal experiences, such as business reorganization and insolvency, banking, and M&A. In particular, he has a wealth of experience in helping distressed companies as debtor’s counsel, whether in-court or out-of-court, including handling distressed M&A and DIP financing.
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PartnerHis practice focuses on: General Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A); Corporate Governance; Internal Control/Compliance; Risk and Crisis Management
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Partner of NO&T’s crisis management and compliance practice team. His main area of practice is corporate crisis management, international dispute resolution, M&A, import and export controls and data protection regulation.
Yoshikazu Hasegawa is a partner of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He has extensive experience in cross-border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, energy and infrastructure and real estate projects involving Japan and Asia Pacific region. He also advises on wealth management matters for high net worth clients.
He has been selected as one of the top 15 private wealth lawyers in Asia (Asian Legal Business, 2022). He has also been rated as a leading lawyer by Chambers and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in this area.
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Real Estate Investment/Real Estate Securitization, Real Estate Transactions, J-REITs, Pharmaceutical and Health Care, Restructuring/Insolvency, Corporate/M&A
Yoshitoshi Imoto is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He advises on all aspects of competition law for both domestic and multi-national clients in connection with M&A, strategic alliance projects, IT/digital antitrust matters as well as cartel investigations and follow-on private lawsuits.
He has abundant experiences and expertise in handling merger control for high profile mergers particularly in pharmaceutical industry, semi-conductor and electronics sectors and highly concentrated chemical/metal and other materials businesses. His recent professional highlights also include counseling for both domestic and international clients in relation to international cartel investigations on electronics, financial products and auto-parts.
Yosuke Kanegae has been involved principally in the area of Restructuring/Insolvency, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Risk and Crisis Management. He has extensive experience with complicated voluntary liquidation and international restructuring/insolvency cases involved as a legal counsel of debtors, creditors and sponsors.
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Partner. Mr. Miyashita handles a wide variety of capital market transactions, including IPOs, equity and debt primary/secondary follow-on offerings, third-party allotments, block trades and transactions of class shares, warrants, convertible bonds and sustainable finance, in both domestic and international markets, utilizing his experience at equity capital market division of a major investment bank. Mr. Miyashita has also been advising on corporate disclosure, including those relating sustainability, financial regulations/compliance, M&A transactions, corporate governance and general corporate matters.
Partner, specializing in taxation; tax advice and planning; tax controversy and litigation.
Energy, Project Finance, Environmental Law