Morrison & Foerster's Tokyo office has the most active M&A practice of any global firm in Tokyo having completed more than 350 publicly announced transactions in Tokyo since 2000.
Among other things we are:
- Ranked Tier 1 for M&A in Japan by Chambers Global and Chambers Asia
- Ranked Tier 1 for M&A in Japan by International Financial Law Review (IFLR)
- Ranked Tier 1 for M&A in Japan by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Ranked #1 in M&A volume among foreign law firms in Japan for the period from 2006 - 2010 (Bloomberg) - more than $40 billion in transactions in 2010 and 2011
Our Tokyo attorneys have extensive experience in representing both Japanese and non-Japanese companies in a broad range of transactions, including public and private acquisitions, complex carve outs and divisional spin-outs, and the formation of strategic alliances and joint ventures, both in Japan and around the world.
Some of the M&A transactions on which we have advised in 2010 - 2012:
View all representative matters.