LAWYER PROFILE

Kenneth J Lebrun

Global 2026

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A: International

Japan

12 years ranked

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Practice Areas

Ken is a member of Davis Polk's Corporate practice. 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.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Corporate/M&A: International - Japan

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

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.
Corporate/M&A: InternationalChambers Global Guide
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.
Corporate/M&A: InternationalChambers Global Guide
He is wonderful with abundant experience in Japan.
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