A&O Shearman

Mergers & Acquisitions

Partner

Karl Pires is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and heads the Japan M&A team. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising clients on a broad range of cross-border M&A transactions, including strategic acquisitions, investments, divestitures and joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, and asset purchases and sales. Karl’s practice focuses on representing Japanese clients on transactions outside Japan and assisting multinational clients with transactions in Japan, and he has worked with clients in the energy (including gas, power and renewables), industrial (including automotive and chemicals), healthcare and technology industries.

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ADMISSIONS: British Columbia Canada; Japan (as a Registered Foreign Lawyer)

Professional Affiliations:

Elected Governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (CCCJ) since June 2013 Officer, Daini Tokyo Bar Association International Committee

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW J.D.

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA B.A. in Economics and Pacific and Asian Studies