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Japan: Antitrust and competition
Antitrust and competition – International firms and joint ventures
Antitrust and competition – International firms and joint ventures - ranked: tier 3
Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
Clients describe Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise's antitrust experts as 'really and truly great'; the 'very experienced' practice head Daiske Yoshida comes highly recommended and was part of a multi-jurisdictional team which secured the shut down of two foreign agencies' 'autoparts cartel' investigations into Sumitomo. In another highlight, Toshiba and several of its subsidiaries appointed the practice to represent them in a host of antitrust litigation proceedings alleging a global price-fixing scheme on optical disk drives. Nozomi Oda was promoted to the partnership and the firm welcomed associate Takaki Sato to its bengoshi ranks.
Japan: Banking and finance
Banking and finance – International firms and joint ventures
Banking and finance – International firms and joint ventures - ranked: tier 3
Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise's finance team has expertise in the energy sector, where Joseph Bevash and the client-recommended Michael Yoshii are instructed in high-value, high-profile cross-border project financing transactions. The pair recently acted for JBIC and commercial bank lenders in the $3.35bn financing for the development of the Tanjung Bati coal-fired power project in Indonesia. Meralco also appointed a team, including counsel Richard Fleming, as sponsor to oversee the project financing for the development of a coal-fired power project in the Philippines.
Japan: Corporate and M&A
Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures
Corporate and M&A – International firms and joint ventures - ranked: tier 3
Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
Michael Yoshii heads the corporate team at Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise which acts for buyers, sellers, investors and financial institutions across the full gamut of matters. In recent highlights, Nozomi Oda was recently promoted to partner and represented an asset management company in its outright acquisition of two online travel agencies and a majority stake in a third. Yoshii teamed up with his Hong Kong and Singapore counterparts to advise San Miguel and its subsidiary SMC Global Power in the latter's acquisition of a Singapore-based power generation company from the EGCO group. Meanwhile, Hiroki Kobayashi is assisting JPMorgan, Sumitomo and MUFG as lead arrangers with the acquisition financing arrangements relating to Takeda's acquisition of share capital of Shire.
Japan: Projects and energy
Projects and energy – International firms and joint ventures
Projects and energy – International firms and joint ventures - ranked: tier 1
Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
The Asian Development Bank, JBIC, Marubeni and SMBC regularly instruct Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise's project finance and development team, led by Joseph Bevash. Michael Yoshii was part of the team which assisted the lenders with a $3.35bn financing of a coal-fired power project expansion in Indonesia, while counsel Richard Fleming advised Meralco Powergen as sponsor in the financing of a 1,200MW coal-fired power project in the Philippines. Also notable is Hiroki Kobayashi, who represented JERA's acquisition of a 50% interest in Linden Cogen, the owner and operator of a natural gas-fired thermal power plant in the US. On the infrastructure side, associate Tom Wilson acted for JBIC in the $2.73bn financing for the Nacala Railway Corridor project between Mozambique and Malawi.
Leading individuals
Joseph Bevash (Gaiben) - Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
Michael Yoshii (Gaiben) - Latham & Watkins Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise
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