Spearheaded by partners Asa Shinkawa and Yoshinobu Fujimoto, Nishimura & Asahi houses an excellent team of TMT experts. The firm handles a wide variety of matters for fintech and automotive industry clients, and has experience advising on a range of matters from litigation and joint ventures, to data protection, privacy, and regulatory concerns. Takahiko Date is recommended for his deep expertise in handling M&A and corporate restructuring transactions, while Kojiro Fujii has in-depth knowledge of the public policies and regulations governing the TMT sector. Other key members of the team include Hiroshi Uchima and Gai Matsushita.
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Key clients
- The Carlyle Group
- Personal Information Protection Commission
- KDDI Corporation
- Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.
- ITOCHU Corporation
- Bain Capital Private Equity
- Hitachi Metals
- Toshiba Corporation
- Sony Corporation
- Rakuten, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advising Toshiba on its consideration of strategic alternatives, including an ongoing privatization.
- Advised Bain Capital Private Equity LP on its acquisition of all shares in Evident Corporation, a specified subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, a Japan-based global manufacturer of optical and digital precision technology, for the purpose of acquiring Olympus’ Scientific Solutions Business.
- Advising Hitachi Metals on a M&A transaction that includes a tender offer for Hitachi Metals’ shares from a consortium comprised of Bain Capital, Japan Industrial Partners, and Japan Industrial Solutions; the seller is Japanese technology giant Hitachi Ltd.
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Asa Shinkawa, Yoshinobu Fujimoto