Job Description
We are looking for an Associate to join our highly successful corporate practice in Tokyo. Our teams specialize in advising on some of the world's largest and most complex Corporate and M&A transactions and antitrust matters. Our diverse clientele includes public and private corporations, private equity investors and financial institutions, governmental institutions, and international bodies. Our lawyers provide a seamless integrated service across our network of offices and across different areas of expertise.
As a Corporate Associate, you will engage in a broad spectrum of activities, focusing on, either or both of
- Public and private M&A and private equity transactions into and out of Japan: Your role will encompass involvement in various stages of growth and pre-IPO investments, strategic joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, and auction sale processes. In terms of sectors the group handles investments across all major sectors such as energy and infrastructure (particularly renewables), tech, real estate, industrials, private funds, healthcare, agribusiness and more; and
- Antitrust matters including global merger filings, global foreign direct investment filings and tech-sector antitrust matters. You will be conducting the filing analysis, handling Japanese filings, liaising with other offices and local firms regrading filings, and drafting various submissions and papers in terms of investigations, surveys, and new legislations in the tech sector.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver expert legal advice and services on complex M&A and private equity transactions.
- Engage with a diverse client base on high-profile deals, ensuring seamless and effective legal solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across our global network to provide integrated legal support.
- Lead transactions and matters with confidence and minimal oversight, while effectively managing multiple work-streams.
- Cultivate and maintain client relationships, contributing to business development and client retention.
Qualifications
- The candidate should be 1 - 5 years' experience as bengoshi.
- Demonstrated expertise in M&A (especially in private equity or energy & infrastructure), preferably gained in a top-tier private practice within an international setting.
- Experience on merger filing analysis and filings in Japan and preferably in other jurisdictions, and on tech-related antitrust matters involving digital platform.
- Proactive and independent with a proven track record of initiating and nurturing client relationships.
- Exceptional team player with the ability to lead complex deals and coordinate with various stakeholders.
- Proficient in legal drafting with impeccable attention to detail and clarity.
Company Description
Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.
Job Description
We are looking for an Associate to join our highly successful corporate practice in Tokyo. Our teams specialize in advising on some of the world's largest and most complex Corporate and M&A transactions. Our diverse clientele includes public and private corporations, private equity investors and financial institutions, governments, and international bodies. Our lawyers provide a seamless integrated service across our network of offices and across different areas of expertise.
As a Corporate Associate, you will engage in a broad spectrum of activities, focusing on public and private M&A and private equity transactions into and out of Japan. Your role will encompass involvement in various stages of growth and pre-IPO investments, strategic joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, and auction sale processes. In terms of sectors the group handles investments a
Additional Information
At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. We believe that each and every one of us should experience an equality of opportunity and an equality of experience here. We are always working to develop and deliver the best and most innovative approaches to make that happen. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.
We are therefore committed to treating all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
The firm will regularly review its procedures and selection criteria to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted, and otherwise treated according to their relevant individual abilities and merits.
We have several initiatives and networks that support our aspiration to be the Global Law Firm of choice. These include our LGBT, Gender Parity, Ethnicity and Disability networks.
