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Yoshiyuki Asaoka Partner Tokyo Yoshiyuki Asaoka Partner Tokyo Tel： +81-3-6250-6663(Direct) Fax： +81-3-6250-7200 E-mail： [email protected] Yoshiyuki Asaoka is a corporate and M&A partner of Nishimura & Asahi's Tokyo Office. Mr. Asaoka's practice covers various corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions, private equity, corporate governance and corporate litigation. Qualifications . Admitted in Japan (2006) . Admitted in New York (2012) Education . University of Oxford Faculty of Law and Said Business School (MSc in Law and Finance with distinction) (2012) . New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Corporate Law, Fulbright scholar) (2011) . The University of Tokyo (LL.B.) (2005) Work Highlights . Naver Corporation: Business integration of Line Corporation and Z Holdings Corporation (2019) . Toshiba Corporation: Acquisition of Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation (2019) . Works Applications: Carve-out of its HR business and sale to Bain Capital (2019) . Takeda Pharmaceutical: Acquisition of Shire plc (2018 - 2019) . Carlyle: Orion Breweries’ MBO (management buyout) sponsored by Carlyle and Nomura Capital Investment (2018 - 2019) . Toshiba Corporation: Sale of Toshiba Memory Corporation to K.K. Pangea (2017 - 2018) . The Daishi Bank: Business integration between The Daishi Bank, Ltd. and The Hokuetsu Bank, Ltd. (2017 - 2018) . Soda Aroma: Acquisition (take-private) of Soda Aroma by Toray Industries and Sumitomo Corporation (2018) . Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Acquisition (take-private) of Hitachi Koki (2017) . Asahi Glass: Acquisition of CMC Biologics (2017) . MBK: TASAKI’s MBO sponsored by MBK (2017) . BNP Paribas Cardif: Localization of BNP Paribas Cardif (life and non-life insurance branches) and creation of a joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (2016 - 2017) . Seiko Instruments: Carve-out of its semiconductor business and creation of a joint venture with Development Bank of Japan (2016 - 2017) . Carlyle: Money Square Holdings’ MBO sponsored by Carlyle (2016) . Z-kai: Acquisition (take-private) of Eiko Holdings (2015) . Carlyle: Acquisition (take-private) of SBI Mortgage (current ARUHI) (2014 - 2015) . Citigroup: Sale of Citi Cards Japan (2015) . Citibank Japan: Sale of its Retail Banking business (2014 - 2015) . Toyota Tsusho: Take-private of Tohmen Electronics (current NEXTY Electronics) (2014) . Marubeni: Acquisition (take-private) of NEC Mobiling (current MX Mobiling) (2013) . Toho: Take-private of Toho Real Estate (2013) Representative Publications . Corpus Juris M&A - Completely Revised Edition (first volume) (second volume) (Author-Editor, 2019) Recognitions . ALB Korea Law Awards 2020 (2020) M&A Deal of the Year Business Integration of Z Holdings and LINE . Asian Legal Business 40 Under 40 2020 (2020) . IFLR1000 2021: Global Expansion and Highest Rankings for Japan (2020) Japan Leading Lawyers Highly regarded - M&A . ALB Japan Law Awards 2020 (2020) - M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) Business Integration of Z Holdings and LINE - Technology, Media and Telecommunications Deal of the Year Business Integration of Z Holdings and LINE . The Asia Legal Awards 2020 (2020) M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia - Merger of Yahoo Japan and Line Corp. Impact Deal: European Tax Awards 2020 (2020) Impact Deal - Takeda acquisition of Shire . Best Lawyers - 2021 edition (2020) Corporate and M&A . Highest rankings for Japan in IFLR1000 2020 (2019) Japan Leading Lawyers Highly regarded - M&A . Law Firm of the Year: ALB Japan Law Awards 2019 (2019) M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) - Takeda Pharmaceutical’s Acquisition of Shire plc Debt Market Deal of the Year - Senior Notes Offering of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company . Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyer Awards 2019 (2019) Legal Expertise: Managing Complexity and Scale - Takeda Pharmaceutical: Acquisition of Shire plc . The Asia Legal Awards 2019 (2019) M&A Firm of the Year in Asia M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia - Takeda Pharmaceutical’s acquisition of Shire plc . IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 (2019) Deal of the Year: Private Equity - Bain Capital-led consortium / Toshiba Memory Corporation . ALB Japan Law Awards 2018 (2018) M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) - Toshiba's Sale of Toshiba Memory Corporation Technology, Media and Telecommunications Deal of the Year - Toshiba's Sale of Toshiba Memory Corporation Japan Deal of the Year - Toshiba's Sale of Toshiba Memory Corporation . The Asia Legal Awards 2018 (2018) M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia - Toshiba Corp.’s sale of memory chip business Languages . Japanese, English .
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