Asa Shinkawa

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 202

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

Languages Spoken

Japanese, English

Clients

KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS

Goldman Sachs

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

Awards