Kiyoshi Endo

Partner

Corporate / M&A

Professional Summary

Kiyoshi Endo is a member of the Firm’s Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Tokyo. He has experience working as a secondee at the London subsidiary of a Japanese securities firm. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he worked as a managing associate at Linklaters.

Practice Focus

Kiyoshi focuses on cross-border M&A transactions (both inbound and outbound) involving Japanese companies in various jurisdictions including, in particular, the Asia Pacific and Europe. He also has significant experience in advising on corporate law, insurance law, securities law (including regulations of stock exchanges), employment law, antitrust law, anti-corruption law and foreign exchange law.

Representative Clients, Cases or Matters

Acted for Panasonic on its acquisition of Zetes, a Belgianpublicly-listed company, for EUR 149.6 million.
Acted for Japan Pulp and Paper on its acquisition of BJ Ball and Doggett groups operated in Australia and New Zealand.
Acted for Yanmar Holdings on its acquisition of an 18% stake in International Tractors in India from US investment fund Blackstone for approximately JPY 25 billion.
Acted for Sompo Holdings on its regional non-life bancassurance deal with CIMB Group Holdings.
Acted for JFE Steel on its formation of a joint venture with a local partner in Vietnam.
Acted for Sompo Holdings on its acquisition of a minority stake in Asia Financial Holdings, a Hong Kong listed investment holding company.
Acted for a founder of Iiyonet, a distributor of Garmin products in Japan, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in Iiyonet by Garmin.
Acted for Yanmar Holdings on its acquisition of a compact construction equipment business in Europe from Terex Corporation.
Acted for Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company on its acquisition of StanCorp Financial Group, a publicly-listed US life insurance group, for USD 5 billion.
Acted for Yanmar Holdings on its acquisition of a Spanish energy systems manufacturer, Himoinsa SL.
Acted for Seino Holdings on its formation of a joint venture with a Thai consumer goods conglomerate, Saha Group.
Acted for Sumitomo Corporation on its acquisition of a5% stake in an Indonesian commercial bank, PT. Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional Tbk.
Acted for Yanmar Holdings on its acquisition of the shares in Laser Cladding Singapore Pte. Ltd to form a joint venture partnership with other shareholders.
Acted for Marubeni Corporation on its acquisition of a reinsurance brokerage business from a Singaporean reinsurance broker, THB Singapore (Reinsurance Brokers) Pte. Ltd.
Acted for Sumitomo Life Insurance Company on its acquisition of approximately 40% interest in PT BNI Life Insurance to form a joint venture partnership with PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk.
Acted for Nikkiso on its acquisition of a Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) business from Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Acted for Dentsu on its £2bn recommended offer for Aegis Group PLC, a UK listed media planning firm.
Acted for Tokyo Marine Holdings on its acquisition of an Egyptian insurance group from its joint venture partner.
Acted for Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company on its disposal of investment in Shin Kong Financial Holding.
Acted for a leading Japanese mobile social game developer, Gumi, on its investment in Cubie, a messenger application developer.
Acted for a private equity firm, Pavilion Capital, on its investment in Akindo Sushiro, a Japanese sushi restaurant-chain.
Acted for Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company on its joint acquisition with its German strategic partner, Talanx AG, into a Polish insurance group, Warta.
Acted for Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company on its joint takeover bid with its German strategic partner, Talanx AG, for a Polish listed insurance group, Europa.
Acted for Toppan Cosmo on its acquisition of a decorative construction materials business from a Japanese printing firm, Chiyoda Gravure.
Acted for Fresenius Medical Care in its acquisition of Asia Renal Care, the second largest provider of dialysis and related services in the Asia Pacific region, from Bumrungrad International.
Acted for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on its tender offer for a Japanese listed consumer finance company, Promise, Ltd.
Acted for NTT on its £2.1bn recommended offer for Dimension Data, a South African IT firm listed in London and South Africa.
Acted for Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company on its strategic alliance with Talanx AG, Germany, accompanied by a minority investment.
Acted for Mitsubishi Materials Corporation on the dissolution of its joint venture with Plansee Holding AG.
Acted for INEOS group in its disposal of its fluorochemical business in Japan to Mexichem group.
Acted for Bank of America Tokyo on the merger of its Japanese business with Merrill Lynch.

Publications, Presentations and Articles

Co-author, “Takeover Bid System and Defense Measures for Public Companies” Capital Market, August 2005
Co-author, “Amendment of Rules Regarding Quasi-foreign Company” International Taxation, September 2005
Co-author, “Japanese LLC under New Companies Act” Theoretical and Practical Issues of the Amendment of Corporation Law, March 2006
Co-author, “Lessons from Subprime Loans for Market Supervision” Economy Society Policy, May 2008
“Enforcement of the UK Bribery Act and its impact on Japanese companies” Banking Law Journal, July 2011
“Reform of the UK Takeover Code and its implication on Japanese companies” Commercial Law Review, October 2011
Co-author, “World Legal & Business Guide No.22 Italy,” Business Law Journal, LexisNexis, January 2013