You will advise corporate, financial institution, and sovereign issuers, underwriters, and financial investors across the full range of capital markets products, including:
- Standalone securities and debt issuance programmes
- Convertible and exchangeable bonds
- Regulatory capital and hybrid securities transactions
- ESG-related financings, including social, green, blue, sustainable, and sustainability-linked securities
- Liability management
- Equity offerings
- Repackagings
- Asset-backed structured notes
- Financial markets transactions, including derivatives, stock lending, and repos
Recent Awards
- Capital Markets: International: Asia and Euro Markets (Band 1) – Chambers, Asia-Pacific, Japan 2021
- Capital Markets: International: Securitisation & Structured Finance (Band 1) – Chambers, Asia-Pacific, Japan 2021
- Capital Markets: International Firms and Joint Ventures (Tier 1) – Legal 500, Asia-Pacific, Japan 2021
- Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitisation: Foreign (Tier 1) – IFLR1000, Asia-Pacific, Japan 2021
- Capital Markets: Debt: Foreign (Tier 1) – IFLR1000, Asia-Pacific, Japan 2021
- Capital Markets: Equity: Foreign (Tier 2) – IFLR1000, Asia-Pacific, Japan 2021
- "COVID-response Deal of the Year" at IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2021 (MUFG-TLAC Eligible Covid-19 Response Sustainability Bond)
The Capital Markets team in Tokyo consists of 3 partners, 11 associates, and 3 paralegals. You will be part of a dynamic team comprising England and Wales qualified and Japanese qualified lawyers, providing a one-stop service to our clients. The team is part of the broader APAC Capital Markets group, offering opportunities to work on a wider range of capital markets transactions in the region.
You will advise clients on all aspects of the matters outlined above, both in Japan and internationally. You will regularly work as part of cross-border and interdisciplinary teams essential to the complex and high-value transactions we support for our clients.
As a lawyer, your responsibilities will include:
- Drafting legal documents clearly and concisely
- Drafting and reviewing risk and general disclosure sections of offering documents and participating in due diligence processes
- Creating solutions using your legal knowledge and applying effective research techniques
- Challenging and testing advice against legal compliance and risks
- Proactively pursuing and expanding legal knowledge
- Utilising client focus initiatives to continually improve service levels and respond to individual client needs
- Engaging with knowledge resources effectively and collaborating in knowledge initiatives for the firm
- Managing matters within a disciplined practice, including good time management and adhering to best practice financial discipline and risk management processes
- Adopting best delivery tools, including utilising our Delhi-based team dedicated to supporting the APAC Capital Markets group