Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
is one of Japan’s Big Four independent firms with a history traced back to 1952 as O'Gorman, Nattier & Anderson, before taking its current name following the merger with Tomotsune & Kimura in 2005. The firm has close to 450 attorneys and offices in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore and Jakarta.
Highlights
The firm is a leading full-service firm and is strong across the board in financial and corporate transactional matters. It excels in capital markets work where it has a strong reputation in the primary offerings of samurai bonds, uridashi offerings, J-Reits, equity offerings, and international offerings of convertible bonds by Japanese issuers.
In the past year, the firm has been active in acquisition and debt financing. Recent highlight transactions including involved in the $14 billion Toshiba take-private where the firm was appointed as the counsel for both senior lenders and mezzanine lenders.
In the project area, the firm continued to provide legal services for buyers, project operators, lenders in renewable energy projects including solar, offshore wind power projects, as well as LNG vessels in southeast Asia. Additionally, the firm was actively advising issuers and arrangers in bond issuance related to solar projects and fund investments.
Key Clients
Key clients of the firm include Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Taisho Pharmaceutical, Ltd., Bain Capital, Tohoku Electric Power Company, Japan Petroleum Exploration, JERA, Electric Power Development, and Tokyo Gas.
Testimonials
“Deep knowledge in regulation and market practice, deep understanding in client's demands, and timely delivery of the output.” (Asset finance client)
“His work is excellent. He has an experience working at Japanese firms, which became his strength as a lawyer.” (Banking and finance client)
“Deep knowledge of real estate securitization.” (Banking and finance client)
“Very experienced.” (Equity capital markets client)
“Stable and reliable quality of service and advice.” (Financial services regulatory client)
“They have sufficient number of lawyers with expertise in multiple areas required for M&A transactions in the renewable energy sector, who work together as a unified team to provide prompt assistance.” (M&A client)
“AMT always provide sophisticated legal advisory service to us even if there are some difficulties to overcome and the structure is complicated.” (Leveraged finance client)
“Deep knowledge and experience in renewables sector.” (Project finance client)
“The law firm boasts a team of excellent lawyers, including young attorneys, and their ability to provide high-quality services is their greatest strength. Not only do they offer valuable legal advice, but they also provide practical business judgment to help smoothly operate our business. Their contributions as legal advisors are invaluable.” (Project finance client)
Takehisa Sato
“Deep understanding in regulation and market practice, deep understanding in client's demands, timely delivery of the output.”
Teruma Naito
“He is very sympathetic to clients and understands the situation of corporate people. He has lots of experience working as a lawyer as well as a secondee to a corporate.”
Norifumi Takeuchi
“Mr. Takeuchi formed and lead the team within the firm and acted as the main contact and led the transaction with his expertise.”
“He serves as a legal advisor for many of the project finance projects arranged by our bank, providing legal advice on those matters as well as offering broad consultations on general issues. Additionally, he plays a crucial role as a comprehensive advisor in our bank’s project finance, making him an indispensable asset for us.”
Mari Ito
“She is one of the lawyers who has a lot of expertise and experience in Japanese LBO finance market. She provides a lot of advice in legal documents in LBO finance.”
Isao Shindo
“Very smart and responsive. One of the best regulatory lawyers in Japan.”
Reiji Takahashi
“Strong leadership in managing advisory team for our project financing opportunities. Advisory services with deep expertise in renewables sector.”
Kenichi Yamamoto
“High quality.”
