Eiji Kobayashi

Mergers & Acquisitions

• A medical optics company in its US$450 million cash acquisition of the surgical ophthalmic business of an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation.
• An insurance company that provides clients with medical care, cancer, specified disease, death, life and group health insurance services throughout Japan in its US$963 million acquisition of a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds with more than 200 years of expertise.
• A Japanese food manufacturing company based in Tokyo with overseas operations and listed on the on the Nikkei 225 in its US$215 million acquisition of flour milling facilities from an American packaged foods company.
• A Japanese telecommunications operator in the US$965 million cash acquisition by a British multinational telecommunications holding company of a provider of broadband and internet, voice, networking, and other related solutions, in which the Japanese company was a strategic shareholder, and the establishment of a related joint venture and alliance between the two.
• A Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan in its 100% strategic acquisition of a US-based solid tool manufacturing and sales company in an effort to strengthen its global business and expand its cutting tool business in North America.
• A Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer in its global restructuring of its battery business.
• A Japanese public-private partnership fund, in its proposed investment in relation to an acquisition of a French nuclear power company.
• A member of a US-Japan consortium for a proposed nuclear power plant construction project in Abu Dhabi.
• A banking holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan in its US$500 million investment in an American global investment management corporation based in New York City.
• A Japan-based company mainly engaged in the financial business in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of an aviation company to add approximately 70 commercial aircrafts to its aircraft lease business.
• The financial advisor in relation to an acquisition of a majority interest in a Korean online game developer listed on NASDAQ.
• A major Japanese shipping company forced to enter bankruptcy in 2015, in registering the Japanese bankruptcy proceedings in England, the US, Canada, Australia, Canada and South Africa.
• A life science company with a more than 150-year history in its dispute resolution matters in Japan.
• An American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City on its US$33 million acquisition of a minority stake in an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City and its drug-discovery collaboration with a UK group to develop new medicines aimed at a handful of biological targets that may play a role in multiple diseases.
• A subsidiary of one of the largest telecommunications company in the world in its strategic investment in a telecommunications, internet, and digital service holdings company in the Philippines.
• A Japan-based consumer credit services company in its strategic investments in the consumer finance and lease businesses in Indonesia.
• A French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899 relating to a broad strategic alliance among several others in the sector.

Regulatory and Compliance/Investigations 

• A senior executive of a major Japanese technology and manufacturing company in a US-based regulatory investigation of alleged product safety issues, including direct negotiations with the US Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Food and Drug Administration.
• A major European automotive company in relation to a global safety matter involving Japanese parts suppliers.
• A Japanese industrial company in a US and European investigation relating to aviation safety issues, including direct negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration, European Aviation Safety Administration and major aircraft manufacturers and airlines.
• A major Japanese company in its investigation of accounting and commercial irregularities in its overseas subsidiaries.
• An insurance company in its investigation of insurance claims made under representations and warranties insurance for M&A transactions.
• A Japanese financial institution in an alleged violation of trading rules in Japan and in Hong Kong.
• An individual of a major financial institution in an alleged violation of trading rules.
• An individual of a major Japanese technology and manufacturing company in a US-based regulatory investigation of alleged FCPA and related laws occurring outside the US.

Competition

• A major Japanese technology and manufacturing company in its M&A transactions in China and other parts of Asia.
• A major Japanese industrial conglomerate in competition law analysis of its supply chains joint ventures.
• A major Japanese consumer foods company in competition law driven M&A transactions, including direct negotiations with the US Department of Justice.
• A major Japanese telecommunications carrier in global competition law issues in its joint venture with a European-based telecommunications carrier.

International Trade/Sanctions & Export Controls

• One of the largest technology companies based in Japan in their review and establishment of an internal policy relating to export controls.
• One of the largest financial institutions based in Japan in the review of economic sanctions exposure in a proposed credit transaction in the Middle East.
• A publicly listed company in Japan in relation to US government contracts with the Department of Energy.
• A general trading company in Japan in relation to the cross-border transportation of uranium-enriched materials.
• A number of Japanese industrial companies in their M&A transactions involving export controls and economic sanctions review, including companies in the aerospace/transportation, technology, life sciences and food industries.

The University of Texas at Austin, BBA
with honors

The University of Texas School of Law, JD

• Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
• Texas