Business & Finance – Mid-Level Associate (Tokyo Office)

Company Description

LEWIS & ASSOCIATES  is a leader in providing Legal and Administrative staffing services.  We are a sole source staffing firm giving you convenient ways of working with us. We make every effort to ensure the highest degree of professionalism and integrity in the staffing process. We understand the demanding role of recruiting to source the highest level of legal professionals while incorporating proven, innovative, and successful recruiting techniques.

Job Description

Job Description:

The Tokyo office of a top international law firm with some 1,400 attorneys, seeks a highly motivated mid-level associate with more than two years experience practicing in the United States to join our Business & Finance Practice.

Practice Description: 

The Business and Finance Practice is composed of more than 400 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East who focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including joint ventures, spin-offs, and strategic alliances, as well as private equity, private investment fund, finance, restructuring, capital markets, corporate governance, emerging business, outsourcing, real estate, and tax matters.

 Practice Facts and Rankings:

• Advised on more than 600 M&A transactions globally in the last five years, with a combined market value of more than $200 billion.
• More than 400 venture capital financing transactions completed worldwide in the last five years.
• More than 150 private equity transactions completed in the last five years.
• Clients include more than 700 mutual funds, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and hedge funds worldwide.
• More than $5 billion in venture financing transactions globally in the last five years.

Job Requirements:

The ideal candidates will be a native English speaker (or equivalent) and proficient in Japanese and will have significant corporate transactional experience, preferably in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, and/or technology transactions. Candidates must possess excellent academic credentials as well as strong organization, writing, and analytical skills. We value collegiality and diversity among our lawyers and seek to make the practice both professionally and personally rewarding. New York or California bar membership is preferred.

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