Naoki Nihommatsu

Merger & Acquisition:

• Represented one of the largest listed cosmetics companies in Japan in the purchase of a French perfume company; managed counsel at a French law firm and conducted due diligence, and drafted agreements including a share purchase agreement.
• Advised a foreign company on merger and acquisition project in which the company was going to purchase an American-based international soup company; conducted due diligence on its Japanese branch.
• Represented Japanese private equity funds on merger and acquisition projects; conducted due diligence and drafted agreements including share purchase agreement and shareholders agreement.
• Represented one of the largest listed IT infrastructure companies in Japan for venture capital investment; conducted due diligence, and drafted agreements including share purchase agreement and shareholders agreement.
• Represented and advised numerous other Japanese listed and non-listed companies on merger and acquisition projects.

Capital Markets:

• Represented Indonesian government on its issuance of Japanese-Yen denominated national bond (issuance of “samurai” bonds).
• Advised a Japanese listed electric power company on Japanese financial regulations and corporate law in relation to the issuance of classified stock to raise JPY 47 billion.
• Advised America-based international bank and French-based petroleum company on Japanese financial regulations and corporate law, and drafted disclosure documents under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act including annual securities report, foreign company annual report, and extraordinary report.

Crisis Management / Investigations / Compliance:

• Conducted investigation of irregularities in fuel consumption and exhaust emissions for one of the Japanese largest listed automobile company; interviewed employees and management, and drafted investigation report including facts, legal analysis, and preventative measures.
• Conducted investigation of inspection irregularity for one of the Japanese largest listed electric wire companies; interviewed employees and management, and drafted investigation report including facts, legal analysis and preventative measures.
• Conducted global compliance audits and assessments in foreign branches for one of the Japanese largest listed semiconductor manufacturing companies; interviewed foreign employees and management working in its Israel and the UK branch and drafted report including facts, legal analysis, and preventative measures.
• Supported many Japanese listed and non-listed companies for conducting investigation including fact-finding, legal analysis, interviewing employees and management, drafting report, and providing with preventative measures.

Litigation / International Arbitration:

• Represented a Japanese livestock feed manufacturing company in a JPY ¥6.8B lawsuit at Kobe District Court in Japan.
• Represented one of the largest listed nursing care business companies in Japan for lawsuit at Tokyo District Court in Japan regarding compensation damages against a former employee.
• Advised one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies in a patent license fee dispute in the case of an ICC international arbitration in London from a Japanese law perspective.

Data Privacy:

• Advised numerous Japanese and foreign companies on an amendment of internal rule regarding personal information based on the major amendments of Act on the Protection of Personal Information (“APPI”).
• Negotiated with Personal Information Protection Commission Japan (“PPC”) and filed a notification to PPC on behalf of international pharmaceutical company.
• Created seminar for a Japanese client regarding the major amendments of APPI in 2020.