Kazumasa (Kaz) Watanabe
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Kazumasa Watanabe

Associate

Kaz represents financial institutions and public companies in connection with a wide variety of equity and debt capital markets transactions.

His experience covers IPOs, follow-on offerings, at-the-market offerings, PIPEs, SPAC IPOs, deSPACs, investment-grade (IG) bond offerings, medium-term note (MTN) programs, Eurobonds, Rule 144A / Reg S offerings, Canadian offerings under multi-jurisdictional disclosure system (MJDS) and debt tender offers. He also has experience advising public companies on U.S. securities law compliance and corporate governance matters. 

Prior to joining the firm, He practiced corporate law as a Japan-licensed attorney (Bengoshi) at the Tokyo office of another international law firm.

Expertise

Qualifications

Admissions

Attorney-at-law, State of New York, US, 2023

Bengoshi, Japan, 2014

Academic

J.D., Indiana University, Maurer School of Law, 2022

J.D., University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, 2013

LL.B., Kyoto University, Faculty of Law, 2011

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A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.