JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Yusuke Murakami, Nobuhiko Suzuki, Yuma Ito and Masataka Hayano, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto has a corporate M&A team of approximately 200 attorneys and about 100 lawyers handling energy and infrastructure. The firm has offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Taka- matsu, Yokohama, Sapporo and Kochi, and interna- tional branch offices in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok (Chandler MHM Limited), Yangon (Myanmar Legal MHM Limited), Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Jakarta. Its M&A practice handles M&A, restructurings and corporate alliances in a wide variety of energy and infrastructure sectors, including domestic and cross-
border transactions (inbound and outbound); listed company, private equity and venture capital trans- actions; friendly and unsolicited transactions; go- ing-private transactions; MBOs; acquisition finance; and takeover strategies. The firm is a leader in the Japanese market and has represented major clients in many high-profile energy and infrastructure M&A deals. It has also maintained a strong relationship with key supervisory authorities in charge of energy and infrastructure policy within the Japanese govern- ment, including METI and MLIT.
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Yusuke Murakami is one of the leading partners in the energy and infrastructure group of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto. He has represented major investors, developers and contractors in a wide range of energy and infrastructure projects with respect to the full spectrum of project stages – development, construction (EPC), financing, M&A, joint venture, and dispute resolution. He has represented major investors and developers in many high-profile M&A deals in Japanese energy and infrastructure markets, including the historic acquisition by ENEOS Corporation of Japan Renewable Energy from Goldman Sachs in 2021. With an LLM from Harvard Law School and a secondment to Allen & Overy in London, he also has significant expertise in cross- border projects.
New York Bar in 2018. He received his LLM in 2017 from Stanford Law School and his JD in 2011 from Keio Law School.
Yuma Ito is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto whose practice areas
include M&A and private equity transactions, as well as appraisal rights and other M&A litigation. He has advised a number of private equity and strategic buyers and sellers on their acquisitions and sales of Japanese targets, including companies in the energy and infrastructure sector. He is particularly experienced in going-private transactions, and is familiar with the relevant securities regulations and disclosure requirements. He received his LLM degree in 2022 from Columbia Law School and worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell as a foreign temporary associate.
Nobuhiko Suzuki is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto based in the firm’s New York office. His practice is particularly focused on US-Japan and other Japan-related cross-border M&A, joint ventures and venture
Masataka Hayano is a senior associate at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto based in its San Francisco Bay Area office. His
practice is particularly focused on M&A and financing transactions. He provides advice to numerous private equity firms, as well as Japanese and international clients, particularly in cross-border transactions. His expertise spans a broad range of industries, and he is also heavily involved in M&A deals in the energy and infrastructure sector.
finance transactions. He has advised Japanese and international private equity and venture capital firms as well as strategic investors in the energy and infrastructure sector. He also regularly advises international clients on general corporate matters involving their Japanese subsidiaries. He was admitted to the Japanese Bar in 2012 and to the
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