Dale Araki
Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building, 11th Floor
2-1-1, Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-0005
Phone: +81-3-5293-2701
Fax: +81-3-5293-2780
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Greyson Bryan
1999 Avenue of the Stars, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA, 90067
Phone: +1-310-246-8444
Fax: +1-310-246-6779
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Yoji Maeda
Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building, 11th Floor
2-1-1, Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-0005
Phone: +81-3-5293-2704
Fax: +81-3-5293-2780
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Scott Nonaka
Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building, 11th Floor
2-1-1, Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-0005
Phone: +81-3-5293-2741
Fax: +81-3-5293-2780
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Noriko Sakai
Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building, 11th Floor
2-1-1, Marunouchi
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 100-0005
Phone: +81-3-5293-2708
Fax: +81-3-5293-2780
PROFESSIONALS
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International Game Technology
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Japan
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With extensive deregulation and business-sector restructuring driving the resurgence, Japan is enhancing its role as a global economic powerhouse. Improved domestic consumption is attracting international investors, while Japanese multinational corporations are expanding operations abroad.
O’Melveny's Japan practice has been helping clients maximize their business opportunities for two decades. From Japan’s ambitious westward drive in the 1980s, to our representation of Deutsche Bank Group in the largest leveraged buyout deal ever conducted in Japan, O’Melveny has handled landmark cases and significant deals, both inbound and outbound, for a wide range of clients.
Our team of lawyers in Japan includes more than 25 bengoshi (licensed Japanese lawyers), allowing us to advise Japanese and foreign clients on virtually all facets of Japanese and US law. All of our lawyers are fluent in Japanese and English, permitting seamless legal service across the language and cultural divide.
Whether the undertaking is a large-scale real estate investment, a cross-border acquisition triggering Japan Fair Trade Commission and international competition concerns, or the negotiation of a worldwide media distribution agreement, our Japan practice gives clients an edge in the competitive global marketplace.
Key Facts
- O’Melveny, which established its Tokyo office in 1987, was among the first international law firms licensed to practice in Japan.
- The Legal 500 (2007) recommends our Japan practice for the areas of Banking and Finance; Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property; and Real Estate/Construction.
- The Tokyo office is fully integrated with O’Melveny’s firm-wide practices. Our ability to provide cohesive services across geographic and practice lines gives our clients the ability to develop a relationship with a single firm equipped to handle the full spectrum of their transactional and dispute-resolution needs.
- Our capabilities span virtually every area of legal practice, including M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Corporate Finance, Real Estate and Principal Investment, Entertainment and Media, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Arbitration.
Practice Strengths
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Corporate Finance
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We regularly advise principals and financial institutions on complex financing arrangements, including deal financings, syndicated loans, and debt offerings. Noted for our innovation in this area, our past successes include conforming Western financing structures to Japanese laws to create an unprecedented Japanese-style syndicated loan. Our deep knowledge of securities regulations in the United States, Europe, and Asia gives clients flexibility in structuring their transactions. Our clients in this area include Bain Capital, Deutsche Bank Group, Capmark and Shinsei Bank.
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Entertainment and Media
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We are active participants in Japan’s media and entertainment industries, helping clients develop, finance, distribute, and license content for film, television, music, online gaming, and professional sports. Our experience in Japanese commercial, intellectual property, and media law complements the skills of the entertainment lawyers in our Century City, California office, benefiting clients such as Universal Pictures, Napster, and GungHo Online.
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Intellectual Property
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Many of the biggest names in the technology sector— KDDI, Hitachi, Napster, NTT DoCoMo, and Verizon—call on us to advise on a broad range of intellectual property and technology-related matters, such as cross-border patent disputes, R&D and licensing agreements, e-commerce counseling, and complex transnational strategic alliances and joint ventures.
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M&A
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We provide the full range of legal counseling for M&A deals involving Japanese parties and assets, including representing Japanese and international entities in domestic and cross-border transactions. Our team reconciles Japanese and international laws concerning often-complex securities, intellectual property, tax, labor, and regulatory issues, including US Exon-Florio and European Union competition matters. We also have significant experience in defending against hostile bids. Our clients in this area include Goldman Sachs, Honda Motors, Japan Airlines, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Private Equity and Venture Capital
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Our firm is recognized for our strong global private equity and venture capital practices. In fact, Private Equity Analyst ranked our M&A/Private Equity Practice fifth based on the number of private equity and venture capital deals we negotiated and closed in 2006. Our experience includes ApaxGlobis’ investment in BioOne, which marked the first specialty pharmaceuticals-sector investment in Japan, and the largest first-round investment ever made in a Japanese company. We work closely with the more than 80 of our private equity and venture capital lawyers in New York, London, and Silicon Valley to provide worldwide coverage for clients such as Cerberus Partners, H&Q Asia Pacific, Lone Star, and Softbank Finance.
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Real Estate and Principal Investments
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We provide comprehensive transactional counseling to domestic and international investors relating to the purchase of assets in Japan. Our experience spans the full range of investment vehicles and asset classes, and specific Japanese deal structures such as tokutei mokuteki kaisha (special purpose company) under the tokumei kumiai (Asset Liquidation Law), and investment corporations under the Investment Corporation Law. In particular, our attorneys have been recognized by Legal 500 and other publications for their leadership in the real estate sector, where our experience includes investment, liquidation, and securitization transactions relating to commercial property, residential buildings, golf courses, hotels, shopping malls, and REIT matters.
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Sumitomo Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation
Bain Capital, LLC.
Leading Investment Bank
J-REIT
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