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Naoki Watanabe

Partner
Tokyo
+81.3.6205.3609
Fax +81.3.3597.6421

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • LL.M., Duke University School of Law, 1996
  • The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan, 1991
  • LL.B., Keio University, 1986

Admissions

  • Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Naoki Watanabe is a partner in the firm’s Tokyo office. Mr. Watanabe focuses on cross-border M&A, joint ventures and other corporate alliances. He advises on a broad range of commercial transactions including distributorships, licensing agreements; employment issues including redundancies, sexual harassment, data protection advice, for Japanese and international manufacturers, retailers, distributors, insurance and other service providers. This includes compliance issues as well as the implementation of various company policies.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Keio Law School, Lecturer, teaching Advanced Corporate/Commercial Law
  • Tokyo Summary-claim Court, Civil Mediator (minji chotei iin)
  • Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association, Arbitrator, Arbitration Center
  • Japan Federation of Bar Association, Vice-Chair of Corporate Compliance Project Team, Practice Committee
  • Ministry of General Affairs, Arbitrator, Digital Broadcasting Support Center
  • Represented a TSE-listed company in its acquisition of a CMO biologics business in North Carolina and UK from the US pharmaceutical manufacturer.
  • Represented a private equity house on its potential acquisition of a super market chain company in Japan.
  • Advising on an acquisition by Lenovo Group of the personal computer business of IBM Japan
  • Advising a private equity house on its acquisition of a global agriculture-chemical company for an enterprise value of US$2.2billion.
  • Advising a Japanese optical manufacturer on its joint venture with a French optical manufacturer.
  • Advising a Japanese telecommunication carrier on the sale of its 35% shareholding in Sri Lanka Telecom to a Malaysian telecommunication provider.
  • Advising a Japanese IT system integrating company on its acquisition of a Japanese subsidiary of a Dutch system integrator.
  • Advising on a disposal of a Japanese financial information providing business by a Japanese IT system integrator to a US company.
  • Advising on a joint venture between Nexans and VISCAS on power cable business.
  • Advising a Japanese imaging company on an acquisition of the medical system business of endoscopes, supersonic waves and pathologies from a Japanese trading company.
  • Advising a Japanese listed company on a cross-border share-for-share exchange with a UK unlisted company.
  • Advising international private equity houses in their sale of a Japanese logistics company.
  • Advising an international private equity house on its potential acquisition of Kanebo Group from the Industrial Reutilisation Company of Japan
  • Advising a Japanese consulting service company in its joint venture with a Japanese sewing machine manufacturer.
  • Advising a global bank of its potential acquisition of a Japanese consumer finance company.
  • An active member of Clinical Trial Internal Review Board and Indemnification Internal Review Board of Mundipharma KK.
  • An active member of Internal Ethical Review Board of Nihon L'Oreal KK, R&D Center.
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