People
Nick Wall
Biography
Nick is widely recognized in Tokyo among clients and peers for his legal skills, business acumen, and fully bilingual English and Japanese ability.
Nick has over 20 years’ experience advising on Japanese inbound and outbound corporate M&A and joint ventures with significant experience in a number of sectors including automotive, consumer and retail, financial services, manufacturing and technology.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Joint ventures
- Complex commercial transactions
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Insurance
Sectors
- Automotive
- Technology
- Consumer and retail
- Industrials and manufacturing
- Insurance
- Communications media and entertainment
- Consumer
- Retail
Selected experience
- MS&AD Insurance Group on its acquisition of a minority stake in ASX-listed Challenger, an Australian financial services company.
- MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., on its acquisition of a minority stake in ReAssure Jersey One Limited, a closed-book life insurer and a subsidiary of a reinsurance company.
- PERSOL HOLDINGS (formerly Temp Holdings) on its acquisition of ASX listed maintenance services company, Programmed, by way of scheme of arrangement.
- NEC on its acquisition of UK-based IT services company, Northgate Public Services, from private equity firm Cinven and other shareholders, including management.
- Kirin on its disposal of wholly-owned subsidiary, Brasil Kirin, Brazil's second largest brewery and drink company, to Bavaria, the local subsidiary of Heineken.
- NTT Communications Corporation on its acquisition of a majority stake in the e-shelter group, a European market leader in the construction and management of data centers.
- Alpha Corporation on the acquisition of the automotive locks business of Assa Abloy in Europe.
- Daidoh Limited on its acquisition of a controlling stake (65%) in Pontetorto S.p.A, from Victoria S.p.A, Enrico Banci and Luigi Banci. Pontetorto is an Italian fabrics and textile producer, recognized as a leader in the design and production of top-quality technical fabrics for fashion and sportswear.
- Fast Retailing (Owner of Uniqlo brand of clothing) on the acquisition of Nelson Finance SAS (French company which owns the Comptoir des Cotonniers brand of women’s casual wear), and Princesse tam.tam brand-maker Petit Véhicule.
- Mitsubishi Corporation on the sale of Flexitech Holdings SAS, the world’s leading designer and supplier of hydraulic brake hoses to the automotive industry with facilities across France, Romania, the United States, Mexico and Brazil.
Education
- LLM, London School of Economics (LSE), University of London, 2000 LLB, Hitotsubashi University, 1997
Admissions
- Registered Foreign Lawyer (England & Wales), Japan, 2012 Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2004
