Ropes & Gray LLP’s corporate team in Tokyo advises leading private equity firms, including Bain Capital, as well as their portfolio companies on a broad range of matters. A recent highlight for the team included advising Bain Capital on the acquisition of microscopes manufacturer Evident Corporation. The group is particularly active in the tech, asset management, and life sciences spaces. Tsuyoshi Imai leads the practice alongside Saeko Inaba.
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Clients clés

  • Bain Capital
  • Kioxia Holdings Corporation (formerly Toshiba Memory Corp.)
  • Proterial Corporation (formerly Hitachi Metals Corp.)
  • ADK Holdings, Inc.
  • Canada Goose
  • Kirindo Holdings Co., Ltd.
  • Works Human Intelligence
  • Nichii Holdings Co., Ltd.
  • Nihon Safety Co., Ltd.
  • Tri-Stage Inc.

Points forts

  • Advised Bain Capital Private Equity in connection with its $3.2bn acquisition of Evident Corporation, a subsidiary of Olympus Corporation.
  • Advised Bain Capital in connection with the sale of approximately half of its investment in WHI Holdings (WHI), the parent company of Works Human Intelligence, Japan’s No 1 HR software provider, to GIC, a Singapore sovereign wealth fund.
  • Advised Bain Capital Private Equity and Bain Capital Double Impact on the sale of Japan Wind Development Co Ltd to INFRONEER Holdings, a comprehensive infrastructure services company based in Japan.

Avocats

Les grands avocats de demain

Jeunes associés disposant d’une reconnaissance montante sur le marché, jouant régulièrement un rôle clé dans des dossiers majeurs.

Saeko Inaba

Responsable de la pratique

Tsuyoshi Imai; Saeko Inaba