Cross-Border Investment Intercultural Negotiations

Anselm is a M&A partner at Gleiss Lutz, one of the leading independent law firms in Germany, and a member of the firm’s Asia practice. Anselm specializes in cross-border M&A transactions with a focus on EU inbound transactions by investors from China, Korea, Japan and other parts of Asia. In addition, Anselm advises German companies on their investments in Asia. During his legal training, Anselm worked in different parts of Asia.

Matt Takeshi Komatsu is a co-representative partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Singapore) LLP. He focuses his practice on cross-border M&A, formation of joint ventures and corporate law across Asia. After studying in the US, he was seconded to the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, where he worked on amendments to the Companies Act of Japan and researched corporate law in various jurisdictions. His expertise in corporate law enables him to advise on a wide-range of corporate governance issues involving Asian companies and to handle M&A transactions in multiple jurisdictions.

Professional Experience
Ms. Zhang has over 20 years of experience practicing Chinese law, focusing on M&As, joint ventures, general corporate matters and various commercial transactions. Since joining JunHe, Ms. Zhang has been involved in a number of high-profile cross-border M&A deals (both inbound and outbound) and joint venture transactions in various industrial sectors. She has also advised a number of clients on general corporate matters and has been involved in various types of commercial transactions.

Ms. Zhang was seconded to work with the legal department of Itochu Corporation in Tokyo, Japan (2004), and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City (2011).

Before joining JunHe, Ms. Zhang worked with the legal department of a national financial institution in China.

Ms. Zhang is a frequent speaker on Chinese law issues at international and national conferences.

Education
LL.M., Columbia Law School
LL.M., China University of Political Science and Law (Graduate Law School)
LL.B., China University of Political Science and Law

Professional Associations
Qualified in New York
Member of the All-China Bar Association
Member of the Beijing Bar Association

Language Skills
Mandarin and English

Rudra Pandey is a Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. He has 21 years’ experience in corporate commercial transactions, general corporate advisory and advising on corporate governance matters. Rudra has been very actively involved in various national and international deals.

His areas of expertise include corporate structuring, mergers & acquisitions, takeovers, delisting, private equity investments, joint ventures, real estate, banking and finance, project finance, establishment, and management of funds (onshore and offshore). Rudra’s breadth of experience encompasses key industry sectors that include manufacturing, automobile, media & entertainment, telecommunications, banking, Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), IT, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), trading, cement, coal, pharmaceuticals, real estate, industrial parks, retail, and insurance.

Rudra is the Head of the Japan Desk of the Firm and supports other International Desks of the Firm.

Ken Lebrun is a partner at Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP, a leading international law firm headquartered in New York, and leads its M&A practice in Japan. He has extensive experience in public and private cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity transactions. Mr. Lebrun has represented major Japanese companies and financial institutions for more than 25 years on many of their largest and most significant transactions. He has served as a leader of the Foreign Direct Investment Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan for over a decade and has served on a number of advisory committees to the Japanese government on topics relating to foreign direct investment and M&A .

Patricia Ngochua is a senior partner at Tayag Ngochua & Chu (TNC), a Philippine law firm that provides a full range of corporate and commercial legal advisory services, with a strong mergers and acquisitions and antitrust practice. Prior to founding TNC in 2022, Patricia was a partner at a leading Philippine law firm.

Patricia Ngochua’s practice focuses on general corporate matters as well as the more specialized areas in corporate law. She has been involved in securities, capital markets, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, foreign investments, energy and infrastructure projects, mining, telecommunications, real estate, and FinTech related transactions. She has advised and represented several publicly-listed companies, multinational firms, financial institutions, domestic and foreign investors in these practice areas.

She was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2008 and to the New York State Bar in 2014.