Naoko Shimura Partner Tokyo

Tel： +81-3-6250-6200 Fax： +81-3-6250-7200 E-mail： [email protected]

Naoko Shimura is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi specializing in the areas of Corporate/M&A. She handles various types of M&A, such as global/domestic acquisitions and alliances, joint venture transactions, and group reorganizations. She also has extensive experience providing strategic advice on various legal issues commonly faced by corporate clients, including those relating to corporate governance, compliance, commercial contracts/transactions, employment, and crisis management.

Qualifications . Admitted in (1999) . Admitted in New York (2005)

Education . Stanford Law School (LL.M.) (2004) . The University of Tokyo (LL.B.) (1997)

Other Professional Experience . Outside Statutory Auditor, NIPPON SIGNAL CO., LTD. (2019-) . Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law, Business Law Department (2018-) . Outside Director, mixi, inc. (2018-) . Outside Statutory Auditor, TABIKOBO Co. Ltd. (2016-) . Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) (2008-2015) . Debevoise & Plimpton, New York (2004-2005)

Work Highlights . Acquisition of all shares of Clarion Co., Ltd. by S.E. through a tender offer in order to make Clarion a wholly-owned subsidiary of Faurecia (2019) . Acquisition of shares in ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES by Valeo S.A. through a tender offer in order to make ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES a subsidiary of Valeo S.A. (2017)

. Acquisition of all shares of AIG Fuji Life Insurance by FWD Group (2017) . Acquisition of all shares of SV Probe Pte. Ltd. by -READ CORPORATION (2017) . Acquisition of Elesys Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Honda Motor Company, Ltd., by NIDEC CORPORATION (2014) . Acquisition of Qualicaps Co., Ltd., by Chemical Holdings Corporation (2013) . Squeeze out of the minority shareholders of VeriSign Japan K.K., a Japanese listed subsidiary of Symantec Corp., through a cash tender offer (2012) . Acquisition of AIG Edison Life Insurance Company and AIG Star Life Insurance Co., Ltd., by Prudential Financial Inc. (2011) . Acquisition of the world-wide security and authentication business of VeriSign Inc., by Symantec Corp. (2010) . Polyamide/polycarbonate-related business swap transaction between Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and DSM Engineering Plastics International B.V. (2010) . Demutualization, and listing of the shares of Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (2010)

Recognitions . The Best Lawyers in Japan (2019-) . Chambers Global -The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2018-) . Chambers Asia-Pacific (2018-2020) . ALB Japan Law Awards (2011)

Languages . Japanese, English