Keiji Hatano, the Managing Partner of S&C’s Tokyo Office, was recognized by Asian Legal Business as one of the “Dealmakers of Asia” 2025. The list features “leading M&A lawyers helping steer deals to completion while balancing regulatory, geostrategic and financing pressures.” Mr. Hatano has been recognized in “Dealmakers of Asia” for six consecutive years.
As a leading lawyer in Japan, Mr. Hatano advised new and long-standing clients on a number of high-profile transactions recently, including:
- Japan Post Bank in its $4.0 billion global equity offering, the largest equity offering in 2025
- Toshiba in Kioxia Holdings’ $783.0 million global IPO
- Honda Motor in its $3 billion senior notes offering
- Nomura Holdings in its multiple debt offerings
- Makino Milling Machine in its dealing with Nidec’s unsolicited tender offer and proposed acquisition by MBK Partners
- Nippon Steel in its acquisition of Sanyo Special Steel
Mr. Hatano leads the Firm’s securities offerings, mergers & acquisitions and U.S. regulatory matters in Japan. Mr. Hatano has been frequently recognized by Asian Legal Business, Chambers, Best Lawyers, IFLR1000, Legal 500 and Asia Business Law Journal as a leading lawyer in Japan in the past decade.