Wataru Kamoto
PartnerTokyo

Biography
When clients need legal advice on cross-bordertransactions involving Japan, they turn to Wataru
Kamoto. Wataru mainly deals with M&A transactions
and corporate legal issues but he also covers
employment, antitrust, tax areas, restructuring andinsolvency issues, as well as wind-downs andliquidation procedures. He is familiar with the practices
used by Japanese listed companies, as well as Japanese
regulations on shares. He is known for providing clientswith sound strategic advice.

PhoneWataru is a Japanese qualified lawyer (bengoshi), as
well as a New York qualified lawyer. He has more than
20 years' experience working for international lawfirms. He is well-versed on Japanese business practices,
as well as international legal practices. With globalexperiences, Wataru has assisted multinational clientsfor years in seeking their own business strategies that
address compliance and legal challenges. Wataru isbusiness focused. With knowledge and experience inboth corporate and tax laws, he has provided clientswith sophisticated and business-focused legal advice.

JapaneseEnglish

He is an M&A lawyer dealing with transactions invarious business sectors and he does not intend to belimited to any specific industry; he has experience in theautomotive, autoparts and pharmaceutical businesssectors. Wataru used to be an external general counsel
for a Japanese subsidiary of a multinational insurancecompany and, therefore he knows Japanese insurance
business regulations well.

+81 3 5157 8163

Fax
+81 3 5157 8210

Emailwataru.kamoto@hoganlovells.com

Languages

Practices
Mergers and Acquisitions
Antitrust and Competition
Joint Ventures
Capital Markets
Employment
Corporate Governance and PublicCompany Representation
Securities and Public Company
AdvisoryIndustries

Representative experience
Advising a Dutch subsidiary of a Japanese power onJapanese aspects of financing and project company
restructuring matters related to its equity stake in Eavor
Erdwärme Geretsried GmbH, a company engaged indeveloping the world's first geothermal power
generation and district heat supply project utilizing theclosed-loop geothermal technology.
Advising a large U.S. industrial chemicals manufacturer
on its acquisition of a Japanese company specializing inchemical products.
Advising Virbac on its agreement with ORIXCorporation for the €280 million acquisition of its
Japanese animal health subsidiary Sasaeah Holdings
Co., Ltd.
Daicel Corporation on its strategic investment inPharmaJet, a U.S.-based company that develops
needle- and syringe-free device systems for
intradermal injections.
Advising Samvardhana Motherson International
Limited on its purchase of an 81% stake in Yachiyo
Industry Co., Ltd., a TSE-listed subsidiary of Honda
Motors Co., Ltd.
Advising Covestro AG, one of the world’s leading
manufacturers of high-quality plastics and theircomponents, on the sale of its additive manufacturingbusiness to US-Israeli Stratasys Group.
Advised a Japanese consumer technology company on
JP¥704 million third party share allotment requiring
appointment of third party committee to determinereasonableness.
Advised a Japanese medical manufacturer on theissuance of JP¥4.3 billion third party share allotment
requiring appointment of third party committee todetermine reasonableness.
Advised a Japanese pharmaceutical company on theissuance of JP¥5.4 billion third party share allotment
requiring appointment of third party committee todetermine reasonableness.

Automotive and MobilityConsumer
Energy and Natural ResourcesLife Sciences and Health CareAreas of focus
Cross-border Mergers andAcquisitions
Public Company Mergers andAcquisitions
Abuse of Dominance and Restrictive
Practices
Shareholder Activism
Automotive Regulatory
Cartel Investigations
Raising Equity Capital
Carve-outs, Spin-offs, and Split-offs
Dawn Raids
Hostile Takeovers and Takeover
DefenseLeniency Applications
RailSpecial Committee and Independent
Director Representations

Education and admissions
Education
LL.M., International Taxation, NewYork University School of Law
LL.M., Taxation, New York University
School of Law
LL.B., University of Tokyo

Advising Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. on its
acquisition of a 50% stake in a German geothermal
power project and a joint venture with MarubeniCorporation.
Advising a Japanese company on its joint venture withJapan's largest parcel delivery company.
Advising a Japanese company on its acquisition of its
subsidiary.
Represented Synopsys in connection with its
acquisition of the semiconductor and flat panel display
solutions business from BISTel.
Advising a global risk management solutions company
on the wind down and solvent liquidation of operationsin Japan.
Advising a global software solutions company on thewind down and solvent liquidation of operations inJapan.
Advising a Japanese company on the U.S. anti-trust
investigation.*
Advising a Japanese listed company on a merger
control filing in foreign countries.*
Advising a U.S. fund on making investments into
various Japanese companies.*
Advising a global company on dealing with an antitrust related procedure by the Japanese Fair TradeCommission.*
Advising various foreign companies on merger control
filings with the Japanese Fair Trade Commission.**Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.

Awards and rankings
Recommended in Corporate and M&A, The Legal
500 Asia-Pacific, 2020 - 2024

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