Clients of Atsumi & Sakai regularly consist of acquirers, shareholders, and investors, with the practice specialising in high-stakes cross-border transactions, as well as domestic mergers and acquisitions. Jointly headed by Akimoto Kawamura, Masayuki Matsuura, Wataru Kamihigashi, Takasuke Mizukami and Shintaro Hamasu, the team regularly acts in outbound deals, with recent work involving the firm’s overseas offices in Frankfurt and London. Of counsel Youngseop Song is particularly recommended for his work covering multiple jurisdictions, such as Korea, Japan and the US.
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Akimoto Kawamura, Masayuki Matsuura, Wataru Kamihigashi, Takasuke Mizukami, Shintaro Hamasu