Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Nobu Yamanouchi has 30 years of experience advising companies, particularly in the automotive, electronic, and pharmaceutical industries, in cross-border M&A, joint ventures going-private transactions, takeover defense, and other corporate matters. His practice also includes advice to non-Japanese multinational clients on strategic issues in litigation, IP, employment, and regulatory matters under Japanese law. He is Partner-in-Charge of the Firm's Tokyo Office.

Nobu has represented various Japanese companies in their cross-border acquisition programs, including: Honda Motor in its acquisition of a Formula One racing company and NTT Data in its acquisition of the consulting business of a French company. He also has advised non-Japanese companies, including Fresenius Medial Care, The Riverside Company, and SanDisk, in their investment activities in Japan.

Nobu is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association in Japan. He is a coauthor of "Understanding the Incidence of Litigation in Japan: A Structuring Analysis," published in The International Lawyer. He also wrote an article for The M&A Lawyer titled "Hostile Takeover Attempt and Poison Pills in a Japanese Way: Livedoor vs. Fuji TV over Nippon Broadcasting."

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Intellectual Property
• Licensing & Technology Transactions

Representative Cases

• Mag Instrument, Inc. v. Asahi Electric Co., Ltd., Case No. H13-Wa-10905 (Osaka District Court), Case No. H15-Ne-249 (Osaka High Court)
• Acquisition of Interest in Mizuho Securities
• Acquisition of Tanaka Value Investments
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Issuance of Shares by Sensory Networks Incorporated
• Joint Venture with British American Tobacco
• Licensing of patented technology to Japanese customers.
• Management Buyout
• Sale of CDS
• Sale of Japanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
• Sale of Joint Venture Interest , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, 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, Lending & Secured Transactions, 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, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Japan

Education

• Tokyo Daigaku - Japan

Published Works

• 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

81.3.6800.1822 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

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Websites

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