Bio

Kenji Taneda is the head of Skadden’s corporate and U.S. law practices in Japan. He regularly advises clients on complex cross-border matters, with a particular focus on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions involving Japanese entities. Mr. Taneda has significant experience advising on a wide variety of corporate matters in Japan and abroad, including equity and debt offerings by Japanese corporations, financial institutions and sovereign entities, as well both public and private cross-border M&A transactions. Mr. Taneda was named Lawyer of the Year for Tokyo Capital Markets Law by Best Lawyers 2023, in addition to being recognized in the Asia Business Law Journal’s Japan A-List in 2022. He has been repeatedly recognized in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific and Best Lawyers as a leading lawyer for capital markets in Japan. He was ranked as a Leading Individual: Gaiben for capital markets by The Legal 500 2022 and also was listed as Highly Regarded for Japan M&A and capital markets by IFLR1000 in 2022.