People
Tokutaka Ito
Biography
Tokutaka has both inbound and outbound corporate experience for Japanese and international clients.
He focuses on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, restructurings and general corporate across a range of sectors including financial services, technology, media and telecommunications, general industries, pharmaceuticals, and mining sectors. He has also worked as an investment banker at a major international investment bank in Tokyo. Tokutaka is qualified in Japan and New York and is fluent in Japanese and English.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Emerging growth
- Joint ventures
- Complex commercial transactions
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Insurance
Sectors
- Pharmaceuticals
- Mining and metals
- Technology
- Insurance
- Consumer and retail
- Communications media and entertainment
Selected experience
- MS&AD Group Holdings, Inc. on the GBP3.2bn sale of ReAssure Group Plc to Phoenix Group Holdings Plc.
- Mitsubishi Materials Corporation in its acquisition of 30% stake in Mantoverde copper mine in Chile.
- 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.
- MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., on its acquisition of a minority stake (A$500 million) in Challenger Limited, an Australian financial services company, recognized as a leader in the individual annuity insurance market in Australia.
- 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.
- Aioi Insurance Company, Ltd. in its merger with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. and Nissay Dowa General Insurance Company, Ltd.
- Macquarie Airports and Macquarie Bank Limited in their US$390 million acquisition of a 19.89 percent stake in Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.
- A global financial institution in its approximately USD2.4bn acquisition of 13 hotels from All Nippon Airways, Co., Ltd. and subsequent intra-group restructuring (through merger) of 13 operating companies in Japan.
- TPG Capital, Inc. in its acquisition of a 14 percent stake in TOMY Company, Ltd. the first investment by TPG in a Japanese company.
- Westinghouse Electric UK Ltd. in its initial acquisition of a 52 percent stake in Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd.
Education
- LLM, Columbia Law School, 2010
- LLB, Waseda University, 2000
Admissions
- Attorney-at-law, New York, 2011
- Attorney-at-law (bengoshi), Japan, 2002 (Dai-Ni Tokyo Bar Association)
Languages
- Japanese
- English