• Assisted a Korean purchaser in the acquisition of a Japanese direct marketing company in the inner beauty industry selling brands. 
• Assisted Japanese manufacturing companies in antitrust investigations by competition authorities in Korea, US, Europe and Australia. 
• Assisted a Korean purchaser in the acquisition of the food business of a Japanese target. 
• Assisted a Japanese company seeking to list on the Korea Exchange. 
• Assisted a Hong Kong purchaser in the acquisition of an international hotel in Hakone. 
• Assisted Japanese and non-Japanese financial advisers/asset managers in the acquisition of office buildings, retail stores, logistics centers and residential buildings using TMK/TK-GK structure. 
• Advised on a large Japanese healthcare provider’s USD 2 billion private transaction contemplated to result in the first and largest whole-business, as well as Japanese and non-Japanese banks and financial institutions on other structured finance loans. 
• Assisted Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and other non-Japanese companies in various M&As, including the acquisition of a subsidiary of a major Japanese telecommunications company, the acquisition of a subsidiary of a major Japanese food trading company and other non-Japanese technology-related companies. 
• Assisted Japanese and US investment companies and financial institutions in the establishment of off-shore funds in the Cayman Islands and other private equity funds, including an India-based infrastructure development fund and a Korea-based private equity fund. 
• Assisted Japanese institutional investors in investment in non-Japanese private placement funds, and a Korean company and US hedge funds and investment management companies in Japanese public companies and related securities filings. 
• Assisted Japanese, Korean, US and German companies in complex international litigation and arbitration cases involving real-estate transactions, cross-border investments, patents and other intellectual property issues in Japan, New York and European countries. 
• Assisted Japanese franchisors and franchisees in franchise structures and agreements for various food services and US-based retail shipping, post and business services. 

Awards

• Stand-out Lawyer - Independently Rated Lawyers (Thomson Reuters, 2021) 
• Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2020-2021) 
• Acritas Star - Independently Rated Lawyers (Acritas, 2018-2019) 
• Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Competition (Law Business Research, 2017, 2019)