Languages

• Chinese
• English
• French
• Japanese
• Mandarin
• Spanish

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• Asia Labor & Employment
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation
• Bondholder Committees
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Buyouts
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Climate Change
• Construction
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Energy
• Energy Finance
• Financial Services
• Fund Formation
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Government Regulation
• Hospitality
• Intellectual Property
• International Cartel Investigations
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Outsourcing
• Patent Litigation
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity/Tax
• Product Response Team
• Project Finance
• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Secured Lender Groups
• Structured Finance/Derivatives
• Tax
• Transfer Pricing
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• First Retailing Co., Ltd. v. Daiei Co., Ltd., Case No. (Yo) 131/2001
• Hermès International et. al v. Royal Highness Japan Co.,Ltd., Case No. (Wa) 25879/2001 and related actions against other defendants
• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. Asahi Electric Co., Ltd., Case No. H13-Wa-10905 (Osaka District Court), Case No. H15-Ne-249 (Osaka High Court)
• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. FDK Corp. et al., Case No. H12-Wa-12553 (Tokyo District Court)
• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. Pearl Metal Co., Ltd., Case No. H12-Wa-21722 (Tokyo District Court)
• Satake Corporation v. Toyo Rice Threshing Machine Co., Ltd., Case No. (Wa) 24064/1997, (Wa) 19166/1999
• Satake Corporation v. Toyo Rice Threshing Machine Co., Ltd., Case No. (Wa) 3965/2002
• Shinji Enomoto v. Suzuki Motor Corporation, et al., Case No. (Yo) 22031/2002
• Toray, Inc. v. Fresenius-Kawasumi Co., Ltd. et al., Case No. H12-Wa-27399 (Tokyo District Court)
• Toyo Rice Threshing Machine Co., Ltd., et al. v. Satake Corporation, et al., Case No. (Gyo-Ke) 184/2003
• Acquisition by Wendel Investissement , (2007)
• Acquisition Financing for Torrington
• Acquisition of Bandag
• Acquisition of BASF Pharma
• Acquisition of Business Objects S.A.
• Acquisition of Gillette
• Acquisition of Guidant Businesses
• Acquisition of Interest in Mizuho Securities
• Acquisition of Jih Sun Financial
• Acquisition of Kofuku Bank
• Acquisition of minority stake in Angleside , (2009)
• Acquisition of Moritex Corporation , (2008)
• Acquisition of Nippon Fläkt
• Acquisition of QNX Software Systems
• Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories
• Acquisition of Sandvik Sorting Systems
• Acquisition of Tanaka Value Investments
• Acquisition of TASC Security
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Acquisitions and Sales of Hotels
• Acquisitions and Sales of Offices
• Acquisitions and Sales of Shopping Centers
• adidas-Salomon AG
• Advice on Contracts and Legal Aspects in Relation to Digital Certification Practices
• Advice on Counterfeit Products and Trademark Infringement
• Advice on Counterfeit Products and Trademark Infringement
• Advice on Counterfeit Products and Trademark Infringement
• Advice on Trademark Prosecution and Brand Protection
• Advice on Trademark Prosecution and Brand Protection
• Advice on Trademark Prosecution and Brand Protection
• Alliance with Schering-Plough
• Alliance with SingTel
• Arbitration proceedings
• Arbitration proceedings
• Arbitration proceedings
• Aruze License Agreements
• Automotive Plant in Japan
• Breach of Contract and Repayment of Borrowed Money
• Breach of Contract and Tort
• Breach of Contract and Unjustifiable Enrichment
• Breach of Fiduciary Duties
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• California Interest Sales
• Chusen Media Joint Venture
• Claims for Unjust Enrichment and Others, (Wa) No. 24197 of 1999 (Tokyo District Court, Japan Oct. 28, 2002)
• Credit Facility
• DHL Sale
• Domain Name Dispute
• Equipment Agreements
• Establishment of Lycos Japan
• Finance Lease and Loan for Telecommunication Equipment and Sales of Lease and Loan Receivables
• Formation of holding company
• Global Corporate Real Estate Portfolio
• Hotel Portfolio Acquisition
• In Project Black Ox II, the Acquisition of Nine Residential Buildings for About JPY 18 Billion Through a TMK Structure
• Issuance of Shares by NineSigma Japan, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Vical Incorporated
• Japan
• Japanese Property Acquisition and Disposition
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture
• Joint Venture Sale
• Joint Venture with British American Tobacco
• Joint Venture with Fortnum & Mason
• Landmark Intellectual Property High Court Decision , (2007)
• Lessor Representation
• License Agreements
• License Agreements
• Licensing of patented technology to Japanese customers.
• Loan
• Management Buyout
• Mansion de Ville Azabudai Acquisition
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Merger with Dainippon Pharmaceutical
• Minami Towada Wind Power Project
• Nippon Unicar Silicone Division Acquisition
• Portfolio Acquisition
• Private Placement
• Purchase
• Purchase of distributor
• Purchase of hotel
• Purchase of Public Company
• Restructuring
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Notes Offering by Hanareum International Funding Limited
• Sale of CDS
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of Japanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
• Sale of Japanese subsidiary
• Sale of Joint Venture Interest , (2009)
• Sale of Lycos Japan
• Sale of real estate
• Salomon Tender Offer
• Securitization
• Shareholder Proposals , (2008)
• Software Company Sale
• Technology Transactions
• Technology Transactions
• Technology Transactions
• Torius Acquisition
• Trust Creation
• Unfair Termination of Employment
• Vietnam joint venture

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Class Actions, Closely Held Businesses, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Consumer Bankruptcy, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Credit Unions, Creditors' Rights, Debt Discharge, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Food & Drug Administration, Foreclosures, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Garnishment, Government Agencies & Programs, Housing & Urban Development, Income Taxation, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Law Enforcement Agencies, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Medicare & Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Multidistrict Litigation, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, RICO Act, Sales & Use Taxes, Savings & Thrifts, Securities Law, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Venture Capital, Veterans' Affairs, Wage & Hour Laws, Welfare, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Workouts