Corporate / M&A
- Mitsubishi Electric on its 100% acquisition of Vincotech GmbH, a multi-national manufacturing company headquartered in Germany, in an expedited auction process from a private equity seller
- Canon Inc on its acquisition of Dutch listed Océ (document management and printing company) which had an approximate deal value of €1.5 billion
- Cell C / Oger Telecom on two separate multi million network outsourcing projects with NSN and ZTE and procurement of an IT stack and related managed services from a major Chinese vendor
- NTT Data Corporation, a listed Japanese IT consulting company, on its acquisition of a 72.9% stake in Cirquent from BMW
- NTT DoCoMo on its US$350 million acquisition of a 30% stake in TM International (Bangladesh) Limited and on its 6.64% increased stake in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) for US$760million
Dispute Resolution
- an auto manufacturer in relation to defending parallel claims in the national courts of Thailand and JCAA arbitration for approximately US$350 million
- a major Japanese trading company in relation to ongoing multiple regulatory issues, investigations and overseas litigation arising out of international commodity trading
- a leading Japanese heavy industries company in ICC construction arbitration in Tokyo concerning disputes arising out of the construction of a high speed rail link in Asia
- a leading Japanese technology company with respect to a €400 million patent licensing dispute
- a global retailer on a number of potential DIS arbitration and multi jurisdictional litigation cases in Germany and Japan
Energy Infrastructure and Mining
- Mitsubishi Corporation on the USD240 million acquisition of a 20% stake in the Senoro Toili oil and gas field, Indonesia, from Medco
- Sumitomo Corporation on its investment and ongoing involvement in the Ambatovy nickel and cobalt mining project in Madagascar (value currently estimated at USD 4.5 billion)
- INPEX as the majority owner in relation to various aspects of the huge Masela project in Indonesia
- Sumitomo Corporation as the joint lead investor on the development and financing of the most recent IPP in the United Arab Emirate, Shuweihatt III
- a Japanese trading company on its proposal to develop a tolled bay crossing in Turkey using ECA backed project financing
Additional key credentials
- a major Japanese manufacturing company on a European anti-trust investigation and its leniency applications arising from alleged global cartel activities
- a Japanese manufacturer of scientific, medical and analytical instruments and its distributor in relation to the defence of a potential claim for trade mark infringement, along with other potential claims for defamation and malicious falsehood. In this context, we also advised on the IP and related aspects of distributorship agreements between certain group companies and their counterparties
- a Japanese trading company (as a member of a contractor consortium) in relation to an ICC arbitration against the employer in respect of the early termination of a multi-million Euro FIDIC silver book rail construction contract
- Investment banks and various international companies including Dresdner Kleinwort Japan, Fidelity Investments, ING, Lawson Software, Pearson, and State Street on contested employment matters
- a South Asia Government in relation to its maritime boundary claims in the Bay of Bengal