Masahisa Ikeda is the Managing Partner of Shearman & Sterling’s Tokyo office. Mr. Ikeda’s practice covers general corporate matters, with a particular focus on capital markets, M&A and asset management. He has extensive experience representing Japanese issuers and underwriters in registered global offerings, listings and global private placements, and representing Japanese corporations either as buyers or sellers in cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.

He has provided advice to numerous industrial and financial clients in Japan, including many of the largest electronics manufacturers, high-technology companies, securities firms, and U.S. and Japanese regulatory authorities. He also represents numerous Japanese corporations on various U.S. antitrust law matters and anti-corruption matters.

Mr. Ikeda has been named a leading practitioner for capital markets, M&A and asset management by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, Asia Pacific Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.