Hiroki Watanabe
Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)’s capital markets team in Japan advises Japanese and international companies, investment banks, and government organisations on a broad range of debt- and equity-side matters, including stock option and corporate bond offerings. Practice head Seiji Matsuzoe has considerable experience in domestic and overseas capital markets transactions and is noted particularly for his work involving derivatives. Gavin Raftery has derivatives and structured finance expertise. Akiko Hosokawa and Toshio Shimada are also key contacts in the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Seiji Matsuzoe is our main contact point. He makes it easy to discuss ongoing items given his experience so there is no need to spend time sharing background details and we jump into the topic directly.’
‘Seiji Matsuzoe has been essential for us. He has a good understanding of the derivatives space and it is also notable he has a good sense of potential political risks to take in consideration.'
Key clients
- Universal Entertainment Corporation
- eBay Inc.
- Keysight Technologies, Inc.
- TOYOTA FINANCE CORPORATION
- Abbott Laboratories
- 3M Company
- AbbVie Inc.
- Agilent Technologies, Inc.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
- Microsoft Corporation
Lawyers
Leading associates: Bengoshi
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners: Gaiben
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Seiji Matsuzoe