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Ganesh Vaheisvaran

Associate | Tokyo

Ganesh Vaheisvaran is a corporate associate in the Tokyo office of Morrison Foerster. His practice focuses on public and private mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions for clients in a wide variety of industries.

Ganesh received his LL.B. from the University of Sydney Law School. During his time in law school, he studied for one semester at Yonsei University (Korea). Ganesh received his B.Comm. (Finance) from the University of Sydney Business School. During his time in business school, he studied for one semester at Keio University (Japan). He is now a part-time lecturer at the Keio University Law School.

Experience

Represented Bain Capital on its ¥510 billion acquisition of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma from Mitsubishi Chemical Group.

Represented Tokyo Gas on its investment in, and joint venture with First Gen for, an LNG import and regasification terminal project in Batangas province, Philippines.

Represented Renesas on the establishment of its Indian joint venture with CG Power and Industrial Solutions and Stars Microelectronics for the establishment of a greenfield outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) facility in India.

Represented CMIC HOLDINGS on its strategic capital alliance in respect of CMIC Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading clinical research organization (CRO), with funds managed by Blackstone.

Represented Tokyo Gas on its investment with ENGIE in a portfolio of renewable energy projects in Mexico and its subsequent exit from such portfolio.

Represented Kong on the establishment of its Japanese joint venture with Japan Cloud for the commercialization of Kong products in Japan.

Represented SoftBank Group on its $75 million investment in AMEA Power.

Represented Sumitomo on its sale of the San Cristóbal mine in Bolivia to San Cristóbal Mining Inc. At the time, the mine was one of the largest silver, zinc, and lead mines in the world.

Represented First Solar on its sale of its Japan development business, operation & maintenance business and solar projects to PAG.

Represented Pacific Impact Development on its formation of a Southeast Asia-focused renewable energy platform with SUSI Partners.