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Karl Pires advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, with an emphasis on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and reorganizations. His practice involves both representing Japanese companies in implementing strategic acquisitions or launching other outbound business ventures in various countries around the world as well as assisting global companies based outside Japan with inbound investments into Japan via either the formation of new branches or subsidiaries or through targeted acquisitions or partnerships. He has significant experience counseling clients through all the typical stages of cross-border transactions, including structuring investments, executing due diligence investigations, negotiating transaction documents, navigating applicable regulatory frameworks, addressing corporate governance issues, managing labor and employment matters and planning post-acquisition integration and operations.

Prior to joining the White & Case Tokyo office in April 2008, Mr. Pires practiced for more than seven years at the Vancouver office of a leading national law firm in Canada, where he assisted both domestic and international companies with their business investments, transactions and operations in Canada. Mr. Pires also previously worked at a prominent Japanese international law firm in Tokyo and an eminent Philippine international law firm in Manila.

In addition to his native English, Mr. Pires speaks and reads Japanese fluently and thus, along with all the other members of White & Case's M&A team in Tokyo, is capable of providing fully bilingual advice in both English and Japanese on all aspects of his practice.

Bars and Courts
Registered Foreign Attorney in Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi), 2009
Law Society of British Columbia, 2000

Education
LLB, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 1998
BA, (Economics and Pacific and Asian Studies), University of Victoria, First Class, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships
International Bar Association
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Languages
English
Japanese

Citizenship
Canada

	Karl J. Pires
Download vCard Expertise Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Climate Change	Associate Tokyo T: + 81 3 6384 3145 F: + 81 3 3211 5252 E: *Practice Experience* Karl Pires advises clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, with an emphasis on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and reorganizations. His practice involves both representing Japanese companies in implementing strategic acquisitions or launching other outbound business ventures in various countries around the world as well as assisting global companies based outside Japan with inbound investments into Japan via either the formation of new branches or subsidiaries or through targeted acquisitions or partnerships. He has significant experience counseling clients through all the typical stages of cross-border transactions, including structuring investments, executing due diligence investigations, negotiating transaction documents, navigating applicable regulatory frameworks, addressing corporate governance issues, managing labor and employment matters and planning post-acquisition integration and operations. Prior to joining the White & Case Tokyo office in April 2008, Mr. Pires practiced for more than seven years at the Vancouver office of a leading national law firm in Canada, where he assisted both domestic and international companies with their business investments, transactions and operations in Canada. Mr. Pires also previously worked at a prominent Japanese international law firm in Tokyo and an eminent Philippine international law firm in Manila. In addition to his native English, Mr. Pires speaks and reads Japanese fluently and thus, along with all the other members of White & Case's M&A team in Tokyo, is capable of providing fully bilingual advice in both English and Japanese on all aspects of his practice. *Bars and Courts* Registered Foreign Attorney in Japan (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi), 2009 Law Society of British Columbia, 2000 *Education* LLB, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, 1998 BA, (Economics and Pacific and Asian Studies), University of Victoria, First Class, 1992 *Professional Associations and Memberships* International Bar Association Daini Tokyo Bar Association Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan American Chamber of Commerce in Japan *Languages* English Japanese *Citizenship* Canada	News & Media White & Case Advises Japan’s JTEKT Corporation On Complex US$300 Million Cross-Border Acquisition