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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Shearman & Sterling is a New York-based international law firm with 850 lawyers across 23 offices. The firm’s Tokyo office leverages off its global and Asia network to carry out transactions in Greater China, southeast Asia, Japan, India, Mongolia and South Korea.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The particular strengthof the firm’s Tokyo team is its work in the foreign M&A, private equity, capital markets, project development and project finance practices. The M&A team focuses on outbound investments, foreign direct investments, joint ventures, and public and private acquisitions and divestitures in a wide range of industries.

The team’s lawyers are qualified to practice law in the US and the UK and are fluent in Japanese.

 

Key clients 

Key clients include Bunge, Furusato Industries, GC Holdings, JERA, Maruka, Osaka Gas, Michinoku Bank, Toyota Motors, Itochu, Mizuho, MUFG, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance and TEPCO Renewables.

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Toyota Industries - Bond Issue
2021-03-01
A&O Shearman
Japan
Bond issue
Toyota Industries
Issuer
VantagePoint Asia Ltd. - M&A
2021-02-03
A&O Shearman
Japan
M&A
Karl Pires
VantagePoint Asia Ltd.
Seller
NTT Docomo Inc. - M&A
2023-09-06
A&O Shearman
Japan
M&A
Brandon Whittaker, Masahisa Ikeda, Yukiko Nakazawa
NTT Docomo Inc.
Buyer
Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
ESG
Lawyers at A&O Shearman and Vinson & Elkins say that judges are approaching statutory interpretation differently following Loper Bright, but they are still paying attention to government arguments
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
M&A
Paolo Nastasi, managing partner for Italy, delves into Q1 market trends, deal structures and how the firm is driving growth at a practice level
Regulations must be effective, not excessive, says OCC chief Rodney Hood
M&A
As the European Commission seeks input on updating its 20-year-old merger rules, focusing on traditional competition metrics will no longer be enough, lawyers say
The UK managing partner reflects on her career and discusses the opportunities ahead for the firm, particularly in leveraged finance
Partner Tom Grant discusses the legal innovation behind the first Solvency II-compliant restricted tier 1 bond issuance in Portugal and how it can help the firm to win more work
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