- Oceania
New Zealand
Our team has proven expertise supporting clients on matters related to New Zealand, including M&A transactions and international trade.
Nishimura & Asahi has a wealth of experience advising on both inbound investments by New Zealand corporations and financial institutions, and outbound investments by Japanese corporations and financial institutions.
We are the largest law firm in Japan, the largest international law firm headquartered in Japan, and one of the oldest law firms in Japan. We provide a full range of legal services in all areas of business law for cross-border commercial activities, including those in and involving New Zealand. We frequently act as international counsel on Japan-New Zealand related matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, other commercial transactions and major projects, civil litigation and international trade.
Our experienced team includes lawyers with a wealth of experience in New Zealand business and practice. We regularly work in collaboration with New Zealand law firms and we are the sole Japan member of the elite Lex Mundi international law firm network.
Recent Work
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- 2022
- Daikin Industries, Ltd. - Acquisition of Duplomatic MS S.p.A
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- 2021 - 2022
- Represented a coffee beverage company in the acquisition of a coffee related business in Australia
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- 2020
- Nippon Life Insurance Co. - Additional investment in Australia’s MLC Ltd.
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- 2020
- Nippon Life Insurance Co. - Acquisition of additional shares in Australia’s MLC Ltd.
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- 2019
- Nippon Life Insurance Co. - Acquisition of additional shares in Australia’s MLC Ltd.
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- 2019
- Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. - Acquisition of DuluxGroup Limited
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- 2014 - 2015
- Acquisition of Toll Holdings Limited by JAPAN POST Co., Ltd.
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- 2012 - 2013
- Investment in BlueScope Steel Limited by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
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- 2008 - 2010
- Opposition to the business integration of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto
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- 2006 - 2008
- Advising investors in a dispute involving a major commercial building in New Zealand