The team at Nishimura & Asahi assists clients with all aspects of capital market transactions, from debt to equity, hybrid securities, and J-REITs. The team is led by Kohei Koikawa, who has considerable experience with capital market transactions, handling equity and debt transactions. Other key members include Naoya Ariyoshi, who specialises in securitisation, advising major originators, financial institutions, and other relevant parties; Kentaro Sugimoto, who handles a variety of capital market transactions, including Euro bond offerings, IPOs, and convertible bonds offerings; and Masashi Ueda, who specialises in capital market transactions, including domestic and international offerings of common shares and straight or convertible bonds.

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Key clients

  • Kokusai Electric Corporation
  • Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd
  • GREE Inc.
  • Japan Finance Corporation
  • Orient Corporation
  • Sosei Group Corporation
  • Rakuten Group Inc.
  • Nippon Express Holdincs, Inc.
  • SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
  • ROHM CO., LTD.
  • Comforia Residential REIT, Inc
  • Samty Residential Investment Corporation
  • MORI Trust REIT, Inc.
  • Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corporation

Work highlights

  • Advised an award-winning IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by Kokusai Electric.
  • Advised Japan Finance Corporation, on a transaction that involved various loans from thirty-nine Japanese regional financial institutions.
  • Advised Comforia Residential REIT on its issuance of new investment units and secondary offering of investment units.

Lawyers

Leading partners: Bengoshi
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kohei Koikawa

Other key lawyers

Naoya Ariyoshi, Kentaro Sugimoto, Masashi Ueda