Bio

Toshiyuki Arai is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is chair of the firm’s Tokyo office. His clients include international manufacturing companies, private equity funds, technology companies, investment banks, commercial banks, and trading companies, primarily from the U.S. and Japan. Mr. Arai has extensive experience in the area of U.S.-Japan and U.S.-China corporate acquisitions since 1991 when he joined the firm’s Los Angeles Office. He led several landmark acquisitions of Japanese financial institutions (Japan Leasing Co., Ltd. – the largest acquisition in Japan, Toho Mutual Life Insurance Company and a consumer finance company) by GE Capital. In the most recent 8 years, he has been involved in global acquisitions and alliances for U.S. and Japanese businesses involving U.S., Europe, China and other Asian countries. In particular, he is active in cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures involving technology aspects (e.g. Internet-related industries and TV screen products) and distress assets/insolvency procedures (in financial, insurance and entertainment industries). Mr. Arai is a globally-trained transactional lawyer with Japanese legal insight.