Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Scott Jones has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of M&A, corporate law, and arbitration and represents Japanese clients in their investments overseas and foreign clients in connection with their investments in Japan. He has significant experience in cross-border investments, corporate acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing agreements.

Scott has a strong technical background and has represented many chemical, pharmaceutical, and high-technology companies, both Japanese and foreign. Scott also has significant arbitration experience, having represented clients in proceedings governed by the rules of the American Arbitration Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.

Scott represented Daiichi Sankyo in its purchase of a majority equity interest in Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for approximately US$4 billion and Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co. in its merger with Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. in a transaction valued at approximately US$2 billion.

After graduating from college, Scott worked as a process engineer at Intel Corporation. Prior to joining Jones Day, Scott practiced law with Coudert Brothers where he served as the managing attorney for their Tokyo office from 1996 to 2003.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Intellectual Property
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• International Litigation & Arbitration

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories
• adidas-Salomon AG
• Arbitration proceedings
• Arbitration proceedings
• Arbitration proceedings
• California Interest Sales
• DHL Sale
• Equipment Agreements
• Establishment of Lycos Japan
• Formation of holding company
• Insecticide Business Acquisition
• Japan
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture Sale
• License Agreements
• License Agreements
• Merger with Dainippon Pharmaceutical
• Purchase of distributor
• Purchase of hotel
• Purchase of Public Company
• Restructuring
• Sale of Japanese subsidiary
• Sale of Lycos Japan
• Sale of real estate
• Salomon Tender Offer
• Software Company Sale

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patents, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Technology Licensing, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
• New York

Education

• Columbia University - New York

Published Works

• Recent Developments in Takeover Defense Discussions in Japan, 2008
• Recent Revisions to Japanese Tender Offer Rules: Toward Transparency and Fairness, 2007
• Hostile Takeover Attempt and Poison Pills in a Japanese Way: Livedoor vs. Fuji TV over Nippon Broadcasting, The M&A Lawyer, 2005
• Basic Understandings of M&A Agreements I/II, M&A Review, 2005

Address

Kamiyacho Prime Place
1-17, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 105-0001, Japan

Phones

81.3.6800.1813 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com