Capital Markets

Our firm advises on a broad range of capital markets matters, including capital raising through securities offerings.

Drawing on experience that includes our predecessor firm, our Capital Markets Practice has, over many decades, advised on a substantial number of strategically significant transactions, landmark capital markets deals, and cutting-edge mandates. This work is the foundation of the practice’s tradition and depth of experience. Consistent with one of the firm’s core principles—“teams of lawyers working together to provide legal services of the highest quality”—we share this tradition and experience across the team and have built solid expertise spanning multiple generations of lawyers.

Our firm handles securities-related matters across the full range of equity, debt, and hybrid securities, including common shares, class shares, stock acquisition rights, convertible bonds (CBs), straight bonds, subordinated bonds and other debt securities, REITs, and investment trusts. We act in securities offerings across a broad range of clients and market participants, including domestic and foreign listed companies, startups, and other unlisted companies, financial institutions, governments, government-related entities, international organizations, REITs, and other funds, serving in various capacities as counsel to issuers, selling security holders, underwriters, and investors. The markets covered by our practice are also wide-ranging, spanning domestic offerings, international offerings, global offerings, and rimpo offerings.

In addition to securities offerings, we advise on a broad range of matters governed by capital market regulations, including the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan, drawing on frontline market experience. Our work in this area covers disclosure, including annual securities reports and timely disclosure; insider trading regulations and other unfair trading regulations; share repurchases; incentive arrangements, including equity-based compensation and stock options; and securities litigation.

Representative matters handled by our firm include the following: