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Kenneth
J.
Lebrun
Partner
Education
Georgetown University, J.D., 1997
Georgetown University, M.S.F.S., 1997
Carleton College, B.A., 1991, magna cum laude
Practice
Mr. Lebrun is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Tokyo office. Mr. Lebrun’s practice focuses primarily on public and private cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity transactions. He also advises public companies on corporate governance and takeover defense issues. Mr. Lebrun has split his years with Shearman & Sterling between the Tokyo and New York offices. He was selected as the exclusive winner of the 2010 Client Choice Award for M&A in Japan, and has been named as a leading lawyer for M&A by publications including Chambers and IFLR 1000.
Recent Experience
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Shiseido Company Limited in its US$1.7 billion tender offer for Nasdaq-listed Bare Escentuals, Inc.
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Nippon Oil Corporation as U.S. counsel in its US$10.7 billion management integration with Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc.
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Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. in its investment in and strategic alliance with Evercore Partners, Inc.
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Hitachi, Ltd. in its US$233 million sale of Hitachi Semiconductor Singapore Pte. Ltd. to Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.
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Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. in its US$1.2 billion investment in Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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International Petroleum Investment Company in its US$775 million acquisition of a 20% interest in Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
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Kazatomprom in its US$540 million acquisition of a 10% interest in the Westinghouse Electric nuclear power business from Toshiba Corporation
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The Longreach Group in its US$694 million acquisition of a 51% interest in EnTie Commercial Bank, Ltd., a Taiwanese commercial bank, through the purchase of newly-issued common and preferred shares and the purchase of common shares from existing shareholders
- Volvo AB as international counsel in its US$1.07 billion tender offer for Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
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Nomura Principal Finance as U.S. counsel in its US$2.4 billion tender offer for Skylark Co., Ltd. and its US$858 million tender offer for Tsubaki Nakashima Co., Ltd.
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Kirin Breweries as U.S. counsel in its tender offers for Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Kirin Beverage Corporation and Mercian Corporation
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Seven-Eleven Japan in its US$1.2 billion tender offer for the publicly held stock of 7-Eleven, Inc.
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Mitsubishi Corporation in its investment in and commercial arrangements with GE Security Inc.’s new venture, GE CommerceGuard AB, to develop shipping container security solutions
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Goldman Sachs as placement agent in the issuance of €420 million of cash and stock
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Target Media Holdings Limited in its sale to Focus Media for US$325 million of cash and stock
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The Longreach Group Limited in its acquisition of a 24.98% interest in McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd. from the Fujita family for approximately US$670 million
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Votorantim Participações S.A. in its US$389 million acquisition of certain U.S. cement plants and terminals from CEMEX S.A.
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Société Générale in its acquisition of Bank of America’s hedge fund-linked structured investments business
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Groupe Danone in its US$1.7 billion leveraged joint venture with Suntory Limited, creating the leading home-and-office water delivery business in the United States
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UBS Warburg LLC in its divestiture of a US$500 million real estate investment fund
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Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan, Citigroup, UBS and other investment banks as financial advisers in connection with various transactions, including Sompo Japan’s combination with Nipponkoa Insurance, NTT Docomo’s investment in Tata Teleservices, MTFG’s merger with UFJ, and Daiichi Pharmaceutical’s merger with Sankyo
Publications
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“Undermining Good Work: Japanese Cash Acquisitions,” International Financial Law Review, November 2006
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“Mergers and Acquisitions: United States, 2009-2010,” 2009/10 Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook (Practical Law Company, 2009)
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“Making a Private Equity / Venture Capital Investment in Japan: Implementing Techniques Commonly Used in U.S. Transactions,” U. of Penn. Journal of Int’l Economic Law, Summer 2002
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Japan (as a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
Languages
English
Japanese
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