Sayako Shiraki
Biography
Overview
Sayako Shiraki is a local partner in White & Case's global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice based in Tokyo. Her practice focuses on investment funds, real estate and regulatory matters.
She regularly advises fund managers, fund service providers, investors and financial institutions on cross-border fund structuring, fund management and related operational matters, real estate investments and divestments, financing, as well as various regulatory matters.
Sayako actively advises various clients on sustainable finance-related legal issues, advising on EU sustainable finance-related regulations and compliance matters, including SFDR and the Taxonomy Regulation.
She received mention in the Investment Funds Japan section of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which noted that Sayako “has a deep knowledge of and good experience in the structuring and execution of offshore investment fund transactions.”
Prior to joining White & Case, Sayako was a member of a highly regarded investment funds and real estate practice at another leading international law firm in Tokyo.
Experience
SoftBank Group Corp on the US$93.15 billion launch of the SoftBank Vision Fund (the world’s largest ever private equity fund), which involved the establishment and license application of investment advisory companies in Japan, the UK, and the US.*
Marubeni Corporation and its GP subsidiary, MM Capital Partners, on the formation of an infrastructure fund in the form of a Cayman limited partnership.*
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on its investment in the JAPAN ASEAN Women Empowerment Fund, a microfinance fund that will mainly provide debt to microfinance institutions in Southeast Asian countries.*
Japanese financial institution on the establishment of the Direct Lending Fund as its dedicated investment platform to invest in private debts to foreign, medium-sized enterprises.*
Mitsubishi Corporation on its negotiation and coordination of US$2.5 billion of commitments for the US$7.5 billion first close of the Global Strategic Infrastructure Alliance - an innovative new type of investment fund structure developed by OMERS (a major Canadian pension fund), which will invest in large-scale infrastructure assets.*
Global enterprise on human rights-related regulations in major jurisdictions.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.
