Nathaniel Rowe
Biography
Overview
Nathaniel Rowe is an associate in our Corporate/M&A practice, based in Tokyo. For over 15 years, he has supported Japanese and international clients on numerous M&A, private equity and finance cross-border transactions covering various industries, including energy, power, mining, infrastructure, technology, consumer products, retail, life sciences, manufacturing, telecommunications, banking, investment funds, fintech, blockchain and crypto.
His deep and diverse professional advisory experience spans marketing, management consulting and law in New York, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. He brings this broad-based experience and global mindset to all client engagements.
As co-chair of the Tokyo office's Global Citizenship Committee and member of the firm's Business & Human Rights Interest Group, and Energy Transition Interest Group, Nathaniel also maintains a strong professional interest in issues related to human rights, ESG and sustainability, and supports clients in connection with such matters.
Nathaniel is a former Japanese Ministry of Education scholar and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs JET Program participant, and has worked in legal and commercial roles for Japanese companies and government institutions for over two decades. He works on Japan-related transactions in Japanese.
Sydney
Experience
HighPost Capital, a leading private investment firm focused on the global consumer and consumer technology sectors, on its acquisitions of Centr, a personalized digital health and fitness platform curated by Chris Hemsworth and his team of internationally renowned experts, and Inspire Fitness, a leader in state-of-the-art fitness equipment
PayPal Holdings, Inc. on the acquisition by PayPal, Inc. of Paidy Inc., a leading two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later solutions in Japan, for an enterprise value of ¥300 billion, or approximately US$2.15 billion
Panasonic Corporation on its acquisition of Blue Yonder, a leading end-to-end, digital fulfillment platform provider
Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd., a leading condiment manufacturer, on its US$2.15 billion acquisition of Conopco Inc.'s (a subsidiary of Unilever) portfolio consisting of the Ragú brand and Bertolli brand of pasta sauce products*
Yamaha Corporation on its acquisition of Line 6, a musical instruments and audio equipment manufacturer*
Mitsubishi Corporation and Osaka Gas on the acquisition of a nine-project portfolio of solar photovoltaic projects in Ontario, Canada from Recurrent Energy*
TOMY Company, Ltd., a global toy and infant products company, on its approximately US$860 million acquisition of RC2 Corporation, a designer, producer and marketer of a broad range of toys and infant products, through an all cash tender offer*
Japan Bank for International Cooperation ("JBIC") on its portion of the project financing of a liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique – the largest LNG project in Africa, comprising US$11 billion of equity and US$14 billion of debt*
JBIC, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, and the commercial lenders on the development and financing of a 350 MW PV solar power generating facility in Andhra Pradesh, India*
Pacnet, an operator of Asia's largest privately-owned submarine cable network, on financing-related aspects of its sale to Telstra Corp for US$697 million*
* Experience prior to joining White & Case.
