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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
Kenneth 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 Client Choice Award for M&A in Japan for three consecutive years (2010 - 2012), and has been named as a leading lawyer for M&A by publications including Chambers and IFLR 1000.
Experience
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FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation in its US$1 billion tender offer for SonoSite, Inc.
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Toyota Motor Corporation as U.S. counsel on the acquisition of the publicly held shares of Toyota Auto Body and Kanto Auto Works
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Kirayaka Bank, Ltd. and The Sendai Bank, Ltd. as U.S. counsel in connection with their proposed business integration
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Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. in its acquisition of EurekaHedge Pte., Ltd.
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Shiseido Company Limited in its US$1.7 billion tender offer for 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
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Pioneer Corporation as U.S. counsel in its US$122 million tender offer for the remaining outstanding shares of Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
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Volvo AB as U.S. 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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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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Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan, Citigroup, UBS and other investment banks as financial advisers in connection with various transactions, including Kirin Holdings’ acquisition of Schincariol, Sompo Japan’s combination with Nipponkoa Insurance, NTT Docomo’s investment in Tata Teleservices and MTFG’s merger with UFJ
Selected Professional & Business Activities
- Chair, Foreign Direct Investment Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Publications
- “Undermining Good Work: Japanese Cash Acquisitions,” International Financial Law Review, November 2006
- Author or co-author of “Mergers and Acquisitions: United States” in Practical Law Company’s annually published Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook since 2004
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Japan (as a Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi)
Languages
Japanese
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