Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
About
We provide advice to major domestic and international corporations regarding due diligence, structuring, operation, and dissolution of domestic and cross-border joint ventures and strategic alliances. We also advise on corporate, antitrust, foreign investment, tax and employment law aspects relevant to such transactions. After years of completing these deals, we deliver what clients want most: experienced advice on joint venture strategy, increased deal certainty, risk management in all jurisdictions, and the ability to realize the strategic and economic benefits of the partnership.
Representative Experience
- Acted for a Japanese food manufacturer in relation to its strategic alliance with a Japanese trading company.
- Acted for Japanese logistics company on its formation of a joint venture with a Thai consumer goods conglomerate.
- Advised a Japanese electronics company on a business and capital alliance agreement with a Japanese IT equipment company.
- Advised a German engineering company on its strategic alliance with a Japanese pharmaceutical company.
- Acted for a US guitar maker in a capital and business alliance arrangement with a Japanese consumer electronics company to mutually expand their businesses globally.
- Acted for a Japanese life insurer on its acquisition of an approximately 40% interest in an Indonesian life insurer to form a joint venture partnership with an Indonesian financial institution.
List of Senior Professionals(Alphabetical)
Mina Arai-Ito
Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi(Foreign Registered Lawyer)
Special Counsel
Special Counsel
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Samir S. Desai
Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi(Foreign Registered Lawyer)
Partner
Partner
[ Practice Areas ]
Projects
Renewable and Clean Energy
Projects
Renewable and Clean Energy
Kiyoshi Endo
Bengoshi
Partner
Partner
[ Practice Areas ]
Corporate / M&A
Corporate / M&A
Christopher M. Hodgens
Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi(Foreign Registered Lawyer)
Senior Counsel
Senior Counsel
[ Practice Areas ]
Corporate / M&A
Real Estate
Corporate / M&A
Real Estate
Toshio Ibaraki
Bengoshi,Certified Public Accountants
Partner
Partner
[ Practice Areas ]
Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Corporate / M&A
Compliance & Investigations
Dispute Resolution
Automotive Industry
Energy, Mining & Infrastructure
Corporate / M&A
Compliance & Investigations
Dispute Resolution
Automotive Industry
Mihoko Ida
Bengoshi
Partner
Partner
[ Practice Areas ]
Corporate / M&A
Employment & Compensation
Environment/Climate Change
Corporate / M&A
Employment & Compensation
Environment/Climate Change
Kana Itabashi
Bengoshi
Partner
Partner
[ Practice Areas ]
Corporate / M&A
International Commercial & Trade
Environment/Climate Change
Corporate / M&A
International Commercial & Trade
Environment/Climate Change
Yutaka Kimura
Bengoshi
Partner
Partner
[ Practice Areas ]
Corporate / M&A
Corporate / M&A