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Japan : Antitrust and competition law
Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a third tier firm,
O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho’s dispute resolution partner Scott Nonaka has experience assisting Japanese clients during US antitrust investigations.
Japan : Corporate and M&A
Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a third tier firm,
O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho suffered a blow when former practice head Dale Araki joined Morrison & Foerster Ito & Mitomi, but the firm remains involved in headline deals, such as the representation of Western Digital Corporation in its $4.8bn acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. New group head Mangyo Kinoshita is ‘very prompt and energetic’, and is ‘always thinking in the best interests of the client’. Counsel Scott Sugino is also recommended.
Japan : Dispute resolution
Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a third tier firm,
Yoji Maeda heads O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho’s team, which defended hundreds of consumer finance companies in the kabarai litigation. Scott Nonaka leads the international disputes group, which handles international arbitration, antitrust issues and Department of Justice investigations. The firm is representing Asahi Tec Corporation in an action brought by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in Federal District Court in Washington DC. The PBGC alleges that Asahi Tec is liable for $175m in unfunded pensions liabilities and termination penalties following the termination of the pension scheme of Asahi Tec’s former US subsidiary.
Japan : Intellectual property
Within International firms and joint ventures, tier 5
O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho has an active contentious and non-contentious IP practice handling cross-border patent disputes, R&D and licensing agreements, e-commerce counselling, and complex transactional strategic alliances and joint ventures. Clients include GDC Technology, Look Incorporated and Mitsui & Co. Mangyo Kinoshita is recommended.
Japan : Labour and employment
Within International firms and joint ventures, O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho is a second tier firm,
O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho provides its corporate clients with comprehensive service that includes labour and employment advice. As such, the Tokyo team assisted Western Digital Corporation with such issues arising from its acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Yoji Maeda is an experienced adviser.
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Belgium
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China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Intellectual property : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Real estate : Foreign firms
- TMT : Foreign firms
- Tax : Foreign firms
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution: international arbitration : Dispute resolution: international arbitration
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Private equity : Private equity
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
Indonesia
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Antitrust and competition law : International firms and joint ventures
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : International firms and joint ventures
- Intellectual property : International firms and joint ventures
- Labour and employment : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: mid-market, £50m-£250m
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Finance : Investment funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Local firms
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency : Foreign firms
United States
Offices in Washington DC, Newport Beach, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles
- Finance : Bank lending (including other sources of financing)
- Finance : Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance : Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance : Financial services: litigation
- Finance : Project finance
- Industry focus : Energy: renewable/alternative
- Industry focus : Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus : Insurance: advice to insurers
- Intellectual property : Copyright
- Intellectual property : Patent litigation: full coverage
- Investment fund formation and management : Private equity funds
- Labor and employment : ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment : Labor and employment litigation
- Litigation : Leading trial lawyers
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: automotive/transport
- Litigation : Product liability and mass tort defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Litigation : Securities: shareholder litigation
- Litigation : Supreme Court and appellate
- Litigation : Trade secrets
- Litigation : White-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms : Telecoms and broadcast: transactional
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast