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Corporate/M&A: Domestic

Japan

11 Years Ranked

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Provided by Asa Shinkawa

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

M&A, Joint Ventures, Defense against Hostile Takeover/Shareholder Activism, Private Equity, Cross-border M&A, Corporate Governance and Shareholders’ Meeting & Relationships with Shareholders

Career

Partner, Nishimura & Asahi

Professional Memberships

Admitted: Japan (1991); New York (1998).

Publications

Getting the Deal Through - Private Equity 2022

Corpus Juris M&A - Completely Revised Edition (first volume) (second volume) 2019

Languages Spoken

Japanese, English

Clients

KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS

Goldman Sachs

AstraZeneca

ITOCHU CORPORATION

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

SBI Holdings

Work Highlights

•Integration of power-generator systems business by Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

•ITOCHU Corporation’s taking-private transaction of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation

•SBI Holdings, Inc.’s taking-private transaction of Shinsei Bank, Ltd.

•Pattern Energy Group’s sale of all shares in Green Power Investment Corporation to NTT Anode Energy and JERA

•Goldman Sachs’s sale of all shares in Japan Renewable Energy Co. Ltd. to ENEOS Corporation

•Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s acquisition of shares in Seiyu GK from Walmart Inc.

Industry Sector Expertise

Technology & Telecommunications, Energy, Life Sciences

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Japan, U.S.

Education

Harvard Law School

LL.M.

1997

The University of Tokyo

LL.B.

1989

Awards

The World’s Leading Lawyer for Business (Corporate/M&A)”

Chambers Global 2009 -2024

2024

Dealmaker of the Year

ALB Japan Law Awards

2022

Dealmaker of the Year, North Asia

ALB Women in Law Awards

2021

Woman Lawyer of the Year

ALB Japan Law Awards

2020

Private Equity Deal of the Year

The Asia Legal Awards

2021

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: Domestic - Japan
1
Band 1

Asa Shinkawa focusses on mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on tender offers, acting on both domestic and cross-border transactions. She has experience acting for clients in the pharmaceutical and financial services sectors.

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