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Partner
Admitted to bar |
1997, Japan |
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Languages |
Japanese and English |
Contact |
TEL : +81-3-6889-7166 |
Practice Areas |
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity/Venture Capital, Corporate Governance, General Corporate |
Biography
Kei Asatsuma is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on complex business transactions, including M&A, divestitures, spin-offs, joint ventures, strategic alliances, leveraged buyouts, private equity investing, restructuring and workouts, and recapitalizations. He also counsels clients in a wide variety of corporate matters, including corporate governance issues, and is often called upon to represent public companies involved in takeover and active shareholder defense.
He graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 1995 and with an LL.M. from the University of Chicago in 2002. He was admitted to practice law in Japan in 1997, and worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago from 2002 to 2003, where he focused on international litigation and cross-border transactions involving Japanese companies, and general corporate matters for U.S. and Japanese companies.
1995 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.) |
1997- | Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu) |
2002 | The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.) |
2002-2003 | Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago |
2005-present | Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu |
March, 2020 | Articles | The Legal 500: 4th Edition M&A Comparative Guide - Japan (Co-author) The In-House Lawyer (online) |
June, 2019 | Articles | |
March, 2019 | Articles | The Legal 500: 3rd Edition M&A Comparative Guide - Japan (co-author) The In-House Lawyer (online) |
November, 2018 | Others | Practice Area Focus: M&A - What does the future hold for Japan's M&A market? The Legal 500 Website fivehundred, November 2018 |
April, 2018 | Articles | |
March, 2018 | Articles | The Legal 500: 2nd Edition M&A Comparative Guide - Japan (co-author) The In-House Lawyer (online) |
March, 2017 | Articles | |
February, 2011 | Articles | Corporate insolvency: Small but strong (Co-author) The 2011 Guide to Japan 9th Edition A Supplement to International Financial Law Review, February 2011 |
November 4, 2020 | Awards | High evaluation received in Who's Who Legal: Global Guide 2020 |
October 1, 2020 | Awards | |
September 28, 2020 | Awards | |
December 27, 2019 | Awards | High evaluation received in Who's Who Legal: Global Guide 2019 |
September 27, 2019 | Awards | |
April 4, 2019 | Awards | High evaluation received in the 2020 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in Japan" |
November 26, 2018 | Awards | |
April 6, 2018 | Awards | High evaluation received in the 2019 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in Japan" |
October 26, 2017 | Awards | |
March 3, 2017 | Awards | High evaluation received in the 2018 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in Japan" |