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Taro Nakashima

Partner

Email

taro.nakashima@aoshearman.com

Phone

+81 3 4567 3320

Offices

Tokyo

V-CARD

Taro specialises in cross-border M&A transactions, with significant experience advising Japanese clients on their outbound transactions as well as international clients investing in Japan. 

He has experience across a variety of deal types and structures, including public and private M&A, competitive bids and transactions involving complex structures. He advises clients across a wide range of industries, with particular experience in the manufacturing, technology, financial services, consumer and life science sectors.

Ranked as a Next Generation (Bengoshi) for Corporate M&A in Japan by Legal 500, Taro is recognized for his commercial approach and international experience advising clients on transactions in both mature and emerging markets. He has also worked in the firm's offices in Singapore and Thailand, where he advised Japanese clients on various ASEAN transactions.


Expertise

Experience

Representative matters

  • Hitachi on its USD1.425 bn acquisition of JR Automation from Crestview Partners.
  • Persol Holdings on its acquisition of ASX listed maintenance services company, Programmed, by way of scheme of arrangement.
  • A global financial institution on its USD783 m acquisition of a 20% interest in Security Bank of the Philippines.
  • Pernod Ricard on its bid for a stake in  Japanese distillery.
  • MAIF (an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)) on its sale of Japanese chemical storage tank operator Central Tank Terminal to KKR.
  • Kirin Holdings on its minority investment and strategic partnership with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. into Nightingale Health, Ltd. a Finnish medtech company.
  • Persol Holdings on the combination of its S.W Asia business (including Thailand) with Kelly Services.
  • Hitachi on its acquisition of Horizon Power and its UK nuclear sites from E.ON and RWE.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank in connection with the establishment of its Thai subsidiary, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (Thai) PCL.
  • A global healthcare company on its joint venture with Daiichi-Sankyo for a vaccine business in Japan.
  • A multinational conglomerate on its acquisition of a Japanese leasing company, Kumamoto Koyo.
  • Sekisui House on its acquisition of home building business from ASX-liseted AV Jennings Limited.
  • Kishu Paper on its consolidation with another Japanese listed company, Hokuestsu Paper Mills Ltd.
  • Kirin Holdings on its divestment of agriculture business.

Recognition

“Next Generation Partner: Bengoshi. ”
Asia Pacific Legal 500, (Corporate M&A) 2024

Qualifications

Admissions

Bengoshi Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association, 2007

Academic

LLB, The University of Tokyo, 2004

LLM, Kings College London, 2015

Languages

English, Japanese
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.