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Nishimura first Asian firm to invest in legal tech platform Reynen Court

BY Aparna Sai |

Nishimura & Asahi, Japan’s largest law firm, has invested in Reynen Court, a curated “app store” allowing access to numerous legal-tech software applications via a secure platform.
NRF partner joins Nishimura as foreign law head of asset, project finance

BY Aparna Sai |

Nishimura & Asahi, Japan’s largest law firm, has named Adrian Joyce as its foreign law head of project and asset finance. He joins from Norton Rose Fulbright in Tokyo, where he was a partner.
STB, AMT, N&A act on Blackstone’s $2.3 bln purchase of Takeda health unit

BY Aparna Sai |

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Anderson Mori & Tomotsune have represented Blackstone in its 242 billion yen ($2.3 billion) acquisition of Takeda Consumer Healthcare, which turned to Nishimura & Asahi for advice.
Nishimura, Cooley act as Sompo invests $500 mln in big data company Palantir

BY Aparna Sai |

Nishimura & Asahi has advised Japanese insurance company Sompo Holdings, which was represented by Cooley, on its $500 million investment in Silicon Valley data analytics company Palantir Technologies.
AMT becomes second Japanese firm to enter into alliance in SG

BY Aparna Sai |

Japan‘s Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (AMT) has continued its expansion in Southeast Asia after entering into a formal law alliance (FLA) with Singapore firm DOP Law Corporation.
Nishimura becomes first Japan Big Four firm to launch Europe office

BY Aparna Sai |

Japanese firm Nishimura & Asahi has broken ground as the first of the country’s Big Four to open a branch in Europe.
Host of law firms act as SoftBank, Naver set out to build $30 bln Asian tech giant

BY Aparna Sai, Reuters |

SoftBank Corp has announced plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with Korean messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.
Cleary, Hogan Lovells, STB, N&A act on $2.2 bln chip deal

BY Aparna Sai |

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Hogan Lovells have advised U.S. chip gear maker Applied Materials on its agreement to buy Japanese peer Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion from KKR & Co Inc, with Nishimura & Asahi and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counselling the sellers.
Nishimura, Ashurst, G+T advise on $950 mln sale of Allied Pinnacle to Nisshin

BY Aparna Sai |

Nishimura & Asahi and Ashurst have advised Nisshin Seifun Group and its subsidiary Nisshin Flour Milling on their $950 million acquisition of Allied Pinnacle from Pacific Equity Partners, which was represented by Gilbert + Tobin.
Japan’s MHM to expand SE Asia presence with HCMC office

BY Aparna Sai |

Japanese Big Four law firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto is set to continue its expansion across Southeast Asia after announcing an office in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City.