# Senior Associate (Bengoshi) - Private Equity, M&A

**Company**: Clifford Chance
**Location**: Tokyo, Japan
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Bengoshi Senior Associate to join our leading Private Equity and M&A practice in Tokyo. You will work on high-profile, cross-border transactions, advising global and domestic clients on complex investments into and out of Japan.

Key areas of work include:

- Advising on private and public M&A transactions, with a strong emphasis on private equity

- Acting for global and domestic private equity sponsors on growth and pre-IPO investments, leveraged buyouts, minority and control investments, auction sale processes and exits

- Supporting strategic joint ventures and corporate investments

- Working across a broad range of sectors including energy & infrastructure, technology, healthcare, real estate, industrials and funds

Key responsibilities:

- Take a lead role in executing complex transactions, managing multiple workstreams with increasing autonomy

- Provide practical, commercial and solutions-oriented advice to a sophisticated international client base

- Draft, review and negotiate transaction documents to a high standard

- Act as a key point of contact for Japan-related aspects of cross-border deals

- Build and maintain strong client relationships, contributing to business development initiatives

Why join us:

- Work on market-leading private equity and M&A transactions with global impact

- Collaborate with top-tier practitioners across our international platform

- Benefit from high-quality training, structured career progression, and early responsibility

- Be part of a dynamic, collaborative and internationally focused Tokyo team

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## Skills

### Required
- M&A
- private equity
- Japanese
- English
- drafting
- negotiation
- analytical skills

### Nice to have
- energy & infrastructure
- technology
- healthcare
- auction processes
- complex deal execution structures

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