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The team at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is highly regarded for its expertise advising on IPOs, global share offerings by listed companies, Samurai bonds, Uridashi offerings, J-REITs and convertible bonds. The group frequently handles complex cross-border capital markets transactions across key jurisdictions, offering specialised support in derivatives, securitisation and real estate finance. Hironori Shibata concentrates primarily on cross-border capital markets deals involving both Japanese and international issuers, with an emphasis on IPOs. Kagayaki Funakoshi brings extensive experience in equity and debt offerings, including convertible bonds and unit offerings by major J-REITs. Clients go to Satomi Umezu when seeking guidance on public real estate security token offerings, as well as regulatory compliance and legal developments in this space.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team has a deep and experienced capital markets team with strong bench strength across all seniority levels. Their documentation is consistently reliable and of high quality, which brings a strong sense of stability to transactions.'

  • 'Particularly in the convertible bond space, they handle a large volume of deals and have established significant expertise. While historically more active on the underwriter side for global IPOs and follow-ons, they have increasingly been representing issuers in recent years as well.’

  • ‘Hiroto Ando is incredibly diligent. He is highly receptive to feedback and always demonstrates a proactive attitude toward improvement and growth. ’

  • ‘They have a top-tier team for legal matters on share compensation, which has been rapidly developing in Japan. They have strong expertise in Japanese securities law and corporate law as well as practical knowledge.’

  • ‘Koichi Saito and Takahiro Hayase are brilliant partners for share compensation matters. They provide practical advice based on our concern.’

  • ‘Takehisa Sato has deep understanding of Investment Trusts.’

  • ‘The team provides quick responses with spot-on and reliable opinions. They have good relationships with many overseas law firms.’

  • ‘Daisuke Tanimoto and Etsuko Yamazaki are an excellent team. They are the experts at derivatives-related cases, probably the best in Japan.’

Lawyers

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Leading partners: Bengoshi

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Other key lawyers

Hironori Shibata; Kagayaki Funakoshi; Satomi Umezu; Hiroto Ando; Koichi Saito; Takahiro Hayase; Takehisa Sato; Daisuke Tanimoto; Etsuko Yamazaki

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