Bio

Tsuyoshi Imai specializes in complex leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and corporate finance transactions. He regularly works with clients on transactions across the globe, and over the past decade has represented clients as lead counsel on transactions with an aggregate value of more than $100 billion, including four of the five largest private equity deals in Japan since 2008, and the largest private equity deal and leveraged buyout in Asia ever. Tsuyoshi has been recognized as American Lawyer deal lawyer of the year (2019), Law360 private equity deal lawyer of the year (2020), Asia Legal Awards private equity deal lawyer of the year (2021), and Asian Legal Business dealmaker of Asia (2023). He is also the managing partner of the firm's Tokyo office.