Shearman & Sterling advised Mitsubishi UFJ Securities in its entry into a joint venture with the investment banking operations of Morgan Stanley Japan Securities resulting in the formation of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.

Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities is a multinational financial services institution offering equity and bond underwriting services, corporate advisory services for mergers and acquisitions and real estate finance, and securitization, in addition to a broad array of high quality bond, equity and derivative products and services in secondary markets to institutional investors, corporations and retail clients.

Shearman & Sterling represented Mitsubishi UFJ Securities in the joint venture negotiation and execution process. Principal lawyers involved were partners Masahisa Ikeda (Tokyo-Capital Markets) and Kenneth Lebrun (Tokyo-Mergers & Acquisitions) and associates Brian Wheeler (Tokyo-Mergers & Acquisitions) and Kokoro Motegi (Tokyo-Mergers & Acquisitions).