Kana Morimura is a counsel in the Corporate Group of the Tokyo Office.

Her practice areas comprise antitrust, dispute, investigation and compliance matters as well as other corporate matters, including capital markets, M&A and joint ventures.  She has worked in both Japan and the United States.  She worked as a Japanese licensed lawyer at law firms in Tokyo prior to joining Shearman & Sterling in 2011.

Kana represents corporate and financial institution clients including both Japanese and non-Japanese companies.

• Japan-based manufacturers and financial institutions in various non-public cartel investigations and the follow-on federal class action lawsuits.
• Executives of Japan-based corporations in non-public cartel investigations and criminal proceedings.
• Japanese and non-Japanese companies and financial institutions in investigations alleging fraud and regulatory matters, including representation of the institutions before the DOJ, SEC and regulatory agencies.
• Japanese corporations in internal investigations relating to anti-corruption law.
• Japan-based manufacturers and financial institutions on compliance issues, including antitrust and anti-corruption matters.
• Sompo Holdings, Inc. in its $6.3 billion acquisition of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.