Masaki Ikeda
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Masaki Ikeda

Associate

Masaki specializes in cross-border and domestic M&A transactions in Japan, with a strong track record of helping to bring complex transactions to successful completion.

He advises corporations on share acquisitions, tender offers, going-private transactions, management buyouts, joint ventures, and business and capital alliances.

Masaki's deal experience spans a range of industries, including automotive, energy, real estate, hospitality, entertainment, and financial services. He has deep experience in public transactions, including tender offers, going-private transactions, and equity issuances, and is well-versed in Japanese securities disclosure regulations that accompany such transactions. Having practiced in the United States, he also has experience with cross-border regulatory matters, including CFIUS reviews.

Masaki also advises clients on a broad range of other corporate matters, including corporate governance, shareholders' meetings, executive compensation, whistleblowing, data protection policies, takeover defense, boardroom disputes, cybersecurity issues, third-party investigations, and activist investor engagement.

Masaki is qualified in both Japan and the state of California. He is fluent in Japanese and English.

Expertise

Qualifications

Admissions

The State Bar of California, March 2025

Japan Federation of Bar Associations, December 2018

Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, December 2018

Academic

LLM, The University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 2024

LLB, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, 2018

Languages

English, Japanese
Disclaimer
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.