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Tokutaka Ito

Partner

Email

tokutaka.ito@aoshearman.com

Phone

+81 3 4567 3310

Offices

Tokyo

V-CARD
Tokutaka has both inbound and outbound corporate experience for Japanese and international clients. He focuses on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and general corporate across a range of sectors including financial services, technology, media and telecommunications, general industries, pharmaceuticals, and mining sectors. He has also worked as an investment banker at a major international investment bank in Tokyo. 
 
Tokutaka is qualified in Japan and New York and is fluent in Japanese and English.

Experience

Representative matters

  • MS&AD Group Holdings, Inc. on the GBP3.2bn sale of ReAssure Group Plc to Phoenix Group Holdings Plc.
  • Mitsubishi Materials Corporation in its acquisition of 30% stake in Mantoverde copper mine in Chile.
  • NTT Communications Corporation on its acquisition of a majority stake in the e-shelter group, a European market leader in the construction and management of data centers.
  • MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., on its acquisition of a minority stake (A$500 million) in Challenger Limited, an Australian financial services company, recognized as a leader in the individual annuity insurance market in Australia.
  • Daidoh Limited on its acquisition of a controlling stake (65%) in Pontetorto S.p.A, from Victoria S.p.A, Enrico Banci and Luigi Banci. Pontetorto is an Italian fabrics and textile producer, recognized as a leader in the design and production of top-quality technical fabrics for fashion and sportswear.
  • Aioi Insurance Company, Ltd. in its merger with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Company, Ltd.
  • Macquarie Airports and Macquarie Bank Limited in their US$390 million acquisition of a 19.89 percent stake in Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.
  • A global financial institution in its approximately USD2.4bn acquisition of 13 hotels from All Nippon Airways, Co., Ltd. and subsequent intra-group restructuring (through merger) of 13 operating companies in Japan.
  • TPG Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of a 14 percent stake in TOMY Company, Ltd. the first investment by TPG in a Japanese company.
  • Westinghouse Electric UK Ltd. in its initial acquisition of a 52 percent stake in Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd.
  • Rakuten, Inc. in its proposed integration with Tokyo Broadcasting Systems, Inc and its proxy fight.

Recognition

“Leading Individual: Bengoshi.”
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023, Corporate M&A (Japan: International Firms and Joint Ventures)
“Tokutaka Ito is a very good lawyer who has much experience of corporate M&A. He always gives us appropriate advice instantaneously.”
Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021, Corporate M&A (Japan: International Firms and Joint Ventures)

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, New York, 2011

Attorney-at-law (bengoshi), Japan, 2002 (Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association)

Academic

LLM, Columbia Law School, 2010

LLB, Waseda University, 2000

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.