Paul Jun
Lawyers
Associate in our Corporate practice, based in Tokyo.
Paul is a native English and Korean speaker and fluent in Japanese. He joined our Tokyo office in 2018 and advises primarily on cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions.
Experience highlights
- Japan Industrial Partners on its $15.2 billion acquisition of Toshiba
- KOITO on its $100 million preferred stock investment in Cepton
- Shiseido on the $1.5 billion transfer of its global Personal Care business to CVC Asia Pacific and the transfer of its professional hair business to Henkel
- Kyocera Corporation on its $1.0 billion tender offer for the shares of AVX Corporation it did not already own
- Tokyo Century Corporation in its $3.0 billion acquisition of the remaining 75.5% interest it did not own in Aviation Capital Group from Pacific Life
- OKI Electric Industry in the sale of the IT services, software and hardware assets of OKI Brasil to NCR
- Mitsubishi UFJ Lease on the U.S. law aspects of its $2.8 billion merger with Hitachi Capital
- Nitori in its $2.0 billion competing tender offer for Shimachu
- Hoya in its $1.4 billion unsolicited tender offer for NuFlare Technology
- Spiber, a Japanese biotech firm, in connection with long-term manufacturing collaboration agreements with ADM
- Multiple Japanese companies as U.S. counsel in connection with their business combination transactions involving a registration exemption under Rule 802 of the U.S. Securities Act and filing of Form CBs
- Multiple Japanese companies in connection with their ongoing U.S. disclosure obligations
Insights
Credentials
Recognition
Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Corporate and M&A: International Firms and Joint Ventures, Japan, Rising Star
IFLR1000 – M&A – Foreign, Japan, Rising Star
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School
B.Com., University of Toronto
Professional history
- Davis Polk since 2018
- Associate, Shearman & Sterling (Tokyo), 2016-2018
- Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Tokyo), 2015-2016
- Foreign Law Clerk, Yanagida & Partners (Tokyo), 2013-2015
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York
Paul is not qualified to practice in Japan.