Private Equity and Venture Capital

Our team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers, with significant experience of PE and VC transactions from leading international law firms, enables us to provide comprehensive advice in a form that international private equity and venture capital investors have come to expect, in particular with regard to due diligence reporting and risk assessment, and structuring of shareholder rights and protections.

 

Our combination of local expertise and international experience also enables us to find practical solutions when trying to fit novel offshore PE and VC structures into a Japanese legal framework.

 

We can help you with:

  • Transaction structuring
  • Formation of acquisition vehicles
  • Pre- and post-deal regulatory clearances and notifications
  • Competition and antitrust issues
  • Due diligence and risk analysis
  • Employment issues
  • Senior, mezzanine, equity, and other finance
  • Shareholder rights and protections
  • Controlling and minority investments
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Contract drafting and negotiations
  • Data protection
  • Intellectual property
  • Real estate

When advising foreign clients, our firm can field a team of expert Japanese lawyers and foreign lawyers who have relevant experience and bi-cultural sensitivity. Our team can do business and draft documents in Japanese, English, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Marathi, and provides services around the clock through our global affiliated offices.

 

 

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