The team at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is jointly headed up by Tong Yu and Kaye Yoshino and assists clients in industries encompassing the insurance, financial services, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals sectors. The practice offers advice on private equity deals, capital markets transactions, acquisitions, cross-border mergers, and internal investigations.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The M&A team led by Tong Yu has strength in delivery of cross-border transactions involving Japanese businesses or companies. The team has ample understanding of Japanese business culture, as well as the business practice. We always enjoy working with them.’
  • ‘Tong Yu has extensive experience in handling large-sized M&A transactions involving Japanese businesses. He understands the Japanese mentality involved in deal dynamics, as well as the expectations of international clients in product delivery. He is always creative in producing solutions.’

Key clients

  • SVF Investment Corp. 3
  • Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
  • Apollo

Work highlights

  • Advised SVF Investment Corp. 3 SPAC on the merger with Symbotic in a $5.5bn transaction.
  • Assisted with the formation of the strategic partnership between Apollo and SuMi TRUST.
  • Advised on Mizuho's acquisition of Greenhill.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tong Yu, Kaye Yoshino