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Kenneth J Lebrun

Kenneth J Lebrun

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Ken is a member of Davis Polk’s Corporate practice in Japan. He has extensive experience in public and private cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity transactions. A Japanese speaker, Ken has represented major Japanese companies and financial institutions on many of their largest and most significant transactions. He has also advised Japanese companies on internal investigations and governance issues.

Ken has held leadership positions in the Foreign Direct Investment Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan for over 15 years, and has served on various Japanese cabinet office, METI and MOJ committees relating to foreign direct investment and the practice of law by foreign qualified lawyers in Japan.

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Corporate/M&A: International - Japan

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Kenneth Lebrun routinely advises clients on high-profile M&A transactions and is well regarded by Japanese clients for his Japanese language capabilities.

Strengths

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  • He is wonderful with abundant experience in Japan.

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  • He has a deep understanding of the business thinking of Japanese companies and forms an appropriate team that allows us to entrust him with large-scale and complex matters with peace of mind.

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  • He has extensive knowledge and skills based on his broad and long experiences in M&A markets involving Japanese companies as well as language capabilities of English and Japanese.

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