Ayumu Shinozaki

Ayumu regularly handles a broad range of international transaction-related matters, which includes Japanese and international mergers and acquisitions, international commercial disputes and maritime. He provides practical advice on various issues which Japanese companies may encounter in the field of international transaction, including cross-border M&A, international trade, infrastructure-related projects, joint ventures, economic sanctions, maritime and international disputes. He also advises pharmaceutical firms on applications for licenses/permits and negotiations relating to the healthcare industry.

• Acquisition of a natural gas distribution company in Latin America
• Acquisition of a paper manufacturer in Southeast Asia
• Acquisition of a water supply company in Latin America
• Establishing a new paper manufacturing plant in Southeast Asia
• Establishing a joint venture trading company for biomass fuel in Singapore

• Long-term sales and purchase transaction for petrochemical products
• Long-term sales and purchase transaction for biomass fuel to be supplied to Japanese power firms
• Long-term service agreement for export terminal located in the US
• Long-term sales and purchase agreement for agrichemicals manufactured in Mexico

• Construction of a textile plant in Africa
• Supply of train cars for a national railway in Southeast Asia

• Transaction with a company located in a sanctioned state
• Handling of a sanction-related ship arrest

• Charter party between a Japanese shipping company and a non-Japanese company
• Handling of a ship arrest

• International commercial arbitration in connection with the sales of industrial machinery
• Dispute with a business partner in the business of oil and gas development

• Tokyo Bar Association - Member