A&O Shearman‘s well-regarded and full-service corporate M&A team is jointly headed by Nick Wall and the ’very talented‘ Tokutaka Ito. The practice regularly assists corporate clients on cross-border issues such as public and private M&A, privatisations, corporate restructurings, disposals and divestments, and other regulatory advice. The team has recently seen an increase in deal work from the US to Japan, with work including advice to Hitachi High-Tech Corporation regarding its investment into Invivoscribe. Sector experience for the practice spans the TMT, life sciences, healthcare, consumer goods, automotive, and renewables industries, among others. The team, which also includes the notable Taro Nakashima, is fluent in both English and Japanese. The team now also includes Karl Pires who advises Japanese clients on transactions taking place outside Japan and transactions within Japan for multinational clients, Toshiro Mochizuki and Masahisa Ikeda following the merger between A&O and Shearman & Sterling in May 2o24.
Testimonials
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'Global firm with experience in many kinds of M&A.'
‘Tokutaka Ito is very capable in handling the project, not only on the legal aspects, but with deep understanding of the financial and commercial aspects. A very talented lawyer who had the talent to turn around the negotiation and move things forward. The deal would not have gone through without him.'
Key clients
- NEC Corporation
- FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
Work highlights
- Advised NEC Corporation on the asset sale of its Wireless Transport Business to Aviat Networks, a leading company of wireless transport and access solutions based in the US.
- Advised the Kansai Electric Power Company Incorporated on its joint venture with CyrusOne to develop hyperscale data centres in Japan.