MEIJI YASUDA SEIMEI BUILDING, 11TH FLOOR, 2-1-1, MARUNOUCHI, CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 100-0005, JAPAN
What we say about the firm's legal practice in Japan
Corporate and M&A
Within International firms and joint ventures, O'Melveny & Myers LLP is a third tier firm,
O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho represented Mitsui Chemicals in connection with its joint venture to construct and operate the $6.2bn Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex in Vietnam; Western Digital Corporation in its $4.3bn acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies; and Western Digital Corporation in its $235m acquisition of the Magnetic Media Operations business of Japan’s Hoya Corporation. Dale Araki leads a team that includes counsel Mangyo Kinoshita and counsel Scott Sugino, both of whom have impressive M&A experience.
Dispute resolution
Within International firms and joint ventures, O'Melveny & Myers LLP is a third tier firm,
O’Melveny & Myers Gaikokuho Kyodojigyo Horitsujimusho’s Yoji Maeda and Scott Nonaka head up the firm’s litigation practice. Recent highlights include representing Asahi Tec Corporation in an action brought by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in federal district court in Washington DC; Sumitomo Chemical America in a wrongful death lawsuit pending in LA Superior Court; and Japanese and international consumer finance companies in the nationwide kabarai litigation cases.
What we say worldwide
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Belgium
Offices in Brussels
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
- Corporate & M&A : Foreign firms
- Dispute resolution : Foreign firms
- Private equity/venture capital : Foreign firms
- Tax : Foreign firms
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Capital markets (equity) : Capital markets (equity)
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution International arbitration : Dispute resolution International arbitration
- Investment funds : Investment funds
- Regulatory : Regulatory
- Restructuring and insolvency : Restructuring and insolvency
- Structured finance and securitisation : Structured finance and securitisation
Japan
Offices in Tokyo
- Corporate and M&A : International firms and joint ventures
- Dispute resolution : International firms and joint ventures
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: lower mid-market, £50m-£250m
- Corporate and commercial : Private equity: transactions
- Finance : Investment funds
Singapore
Offices in Singapore
- Banking and finance : Foreign firms
- Capital markets : Foreign firms
- Corporate and M&A : Foreign firms
- Projects and energy : Foreign 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
- Industry focus : Healthcare and 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
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Antitrust
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : M&A: large deals ($1bn-5bn)
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Private equity buyouts
- Mergers, acquisitions and buyouts : Venture capital and emerging companies
- Tax : Domestic tax: West Coast