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.