Kaye N. Yoshino

A resident partner in the firm's Tokyo office, Kaye Naoko Yoshino has assisted Japanese and non-Japanese companies in a wide range of matters, from advising on cross-border corporate transactions to providing support in connection with U.S. regulatory and civil litigation matters and internal investigations.

Experience

Representative regulatory and internal investigations matters include:

• Representation of a multi-national company in an international corruption investigation;
• Representation of an executive in a criminal price-fixing investigation;
• Representation of a significant Japanese financial institution in U.S. regulatory proceedings;
• Representation of a pharmaceutical company in an off-label marketing investigation and related whisteblower litigation; and
• Representation of U.S. and Japanese companies in internal investigations involving allegations of violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, price-fixing and other alleged misconduct.

Representative corporate matters include:

• Oaktree Capital Management's $1.3 billion sale of its aircraft leasing company, Jackson Square Aviation, to Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Finance Co., Ltd.;
• Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. (MSI)'s acquisition of 26 percent of Max New York Life Insurance Company, a leading life insurance company, for Rs 27.3 billion (approximately $530 million);
• Janus Capital Group Inc.'s strategic alliance with The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited, the third-largest life insurer in Japan;
• Citigroup's acquisition of Nikko Cordial for $14 billion;
• Citigroup's disposition of the retail brokerage business of Nikko Cordial for $7.9 billion to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation;
• Citigroup's sale of NikkoCiti Trust and Banking Corporation to Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd; and
• Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.'s acquisition of Sepracor Inc., a Nasdaq-listed pharmaceutical company, for $2.6 billion.

Having been raised in both Japan and the U.S., Kaye is bilingual and at home in both cultures. She is registered as a gaikokuho jimu bengoshi in Japan.

Practices

• Corporate
• Anti-Corruption & FCPA
• Financial Institutions
• Internal Investigations
• Asia
  

Education

• J.D., Harvard Law School, 1997
  cum laude
• M.A., Harvard University
• B.A., Harvard College
  summa cum laude

Languages

• Japanese

Bar Admissions

• New York

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