Bio

Kenju Watanabe is a member of the Corporate Department and focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. In connection with these matters, he represented a wide variety of clients including industrial corporations, private equity firms and financial institutions in the United States, Asia and Europe. His practice is a solution business, which challenges him to think out of the box. With respect to transactional matters, working closely with colleagues with relevant expertise, Mr. Watanabe structures and negotiates these transactions. He practiced in New York City and Tokyo. He is particularly familiar with U.S./Japan cross-border corporate, securities and tax issues. He was a partner at FisherBroyles, LLP, Paul Hastings LLP, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He was a founding member of a private equity firm based in Japan with its first fund having the largest limited partner commitments from North America and Europe at the time. In addition, twice he was a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School and is familiar with M&A regulations in many jurisdictions.