The department at Jones Day is experienced in assisting clients in a range of corporate matters, such as cross-border transactional matters, joint ventures, business restructurings, M&A deals, buyouts and reorganisations, among other matters. Practice head Chris Ahern leads the team from Sydney and has expertise in the energy and technology sectors, while Benjamin O. Lang is experienced in advising clients in the life sciences sector for both M&A and licensing transactions. Yuichiro Mori is another key contact. Stephen DeCosse departed in October 2023.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Jones Day’s M&A teams can work globally in a united manner.’
- ‘The team understands client business deeply as well as proposing relevant legal expertise and knowledge around the sector.’
- ‘Yuichiro Mori, partner, is the contact for us and the one who is responsive and flexible in proposing solutions with understanding our needs. He also has rich and broad experience in many areas.’
- ‘Their people are well experienced and have deep understanding of their expertise. Although the team was selected from Jones Day's multiple offices and practical areas, they collaborated well with each other and gave us seamless communications.’
- ‘They have lots of experience and well understand business industries and internal processes within a company.’
- ‘Jones Day has many unique lawyers who can give the clients professional and kind legal support based on their experiences.’
- ‘Benjamin O. Lang can give Japanese clients necessary support based on his M&A experiences as well as his fluent Japanese language skills. He can easily give the clients advice because he has a good sense from both a Japanese and US perspective.’
Key clients
- DIC Corporation
- ENEOS Corporation
- IMCD
- Jensen-Group NV
- Macquarie Capital Securities
- Marelli Holdings Co.
- Marubeni Corporation
- PAG
- Pepper Money Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Marubeni Corporation on its sale of the global grain business of Gavilon Agriculture Investment, Inc. to Viterra Limited following a reorganization of Gavilon's structure and spinoff of Gavilon’s fertilizer and certain other business operations.
- Advised PAG on its acquisition of the Japanese subsidiary of First Solar, which includes Japanese solar projects as well as the Japanese O&M and development businesses of First Solar.
- Advised PAG on its acquisition of a large portfolio of solar power facilities in Japan (with the aggregate output of approximately 250MW) from BlackRock, including advice on related arrangements with the sponsor and project finance lender.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Chris Ahern