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Nishimura & Asahi Wins APAC Local Legal Adviser of the Year at the IJInvestor Awards 2024
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Akira IIZUKA
Akira Iizuka is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi advising on corporate law matters and M&A, with a focus on cross-border transactions and transactions related to the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Since joining Nishimura & Asahi, Akira has been involved in numerous corporate and M&A deals, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, capital and business alliances, joint ventures, and take-private transactions by PE funds. In particular, Akira has advised on many cross-border transactions. While seconded to ITOCHU Corporation in 2019-2020, Akira was involved in energy- and infrastructure-related transactions, and he has continued to advise on these transactions since his return.
Representative Work
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- 2024.11
- Asahi Kasei Corporation: Joint Venture With Honda Motor Co., Ltd. to Produce Lithium-ion Battery Separators in Canada
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- 2024.4
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: Joint Venture with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
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- 2024.4
- JX Metals Corporation: Resource Circulation Joint Venture Established with Mitsubishi Corporation
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- 2024.1
- EQT - Acquisition of shares in HRBrain, Inc.
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- 2022
- ITOCHU Corporation - Acquisition of shares in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
Awards & Rankings
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Finalist for M&A Deal of the Year at the ALB Korea Law Awards 2023
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Asia 40 Under 40 2023: Asian Legal Business
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Education
- 2018
- The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)
- 2011
- The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.)
- 2009
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- ITOCHU Corporation
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York