Steve DeCosse focuses on public and private cross-border M&A and investments for strategics, trading houses, and private equity firms. His recent outbound experience includes energy, battery storage, offshore wind, oil and gas (O&G), transport and logistics, public-private partnerships (PPPs), solar, grain, food, semiconductors, IoT, sensors, auto parts, and health care. His significant inbound experience extends to offshore wind, display drivers, resorts including integrated resorts (IR), auto parts, energy demand response, and medical devices. He is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.
Steve is currently involved in an Asia-wide pro bono project focusing on human trafficking in six southeast Asian countries.
Experience
The following represents selected deal experience acquired prior to joining Jones Day.
Represented Omron Healthcare in its acquisition of Colin Medical Technology Corp. from Carlyle.
Represented Zeon Corporation, a Japanese chemical conglomerate, in the auction sale of its subsidiary, Biomune Company.
Represented Amana Group in its US$51 million auction sale of its EU and U.S. subsidiaries to Getty Images, Inc.
Represented Hitachi, Ltd. in its $2 billion acquisition of IBM's hard disk drive business.
Represented Japan Air Gases, a joint venture of Air Liquide and BOC, in its joint venture in Japan with Iwatani International to merge their cryogenic equipment manufacturing businesses.
Represented The Charles Schwab Corporation in its acquisition of CyberCorp, an electronic trading and brokerage firm based in Texas, in a stock for stock transaction valued at approximately $500 million.
Speaking Engagements
- September 2020
JOI (Japan Institute for Overseas Investment): U.S. Energy Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges in 2020/海外投融資情報財団:2020年の米国エネルギー最新動向:投資機会と課題 - February 2015
ジョーンズ・デイ メキシコセミナー:石油・ガス・電力産業におけるラウンドワンと新規参入 - July 2014
ジョーンズ・デイセミナー:メキシコ エネルギー投資に関する新展開 - January 2014
米国事業買収-外国買主にとっての重要な法律上・実務上の考慮事項(更新版) - January 2014
ジョーンズ・デイセミナー:アフリカ石油・ガスアップデート - November 2012
M&Aセミナー:メキシコにおけるM&A及び合弁事業-主要な考慮事項 - July 2012
米国事業買収の基本-外国買主にとっての重要な法律上・実務上の考慮事項 - April 2012
M&Aセミナー:ブラジルにおけるM&A及び合弁事業 -主要な考慮事項
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D.; Senior Articles Editor, International Law Journal); Princeton University (B.A.)
- Registered Foreign Lawyer in Japan (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) and California
Recommended as a leading M&A lawyer in Japan in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, and Legal 500 Asia Pacific, where clients say ‘his advice is practical and prompt’ and he ‘understands exactly what clients need’
Recognized in the Japan edition of Best Lawyers for Corporate and M&A (2020-2023)
Named as: an Acritas Star Lawyer (2021) and a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (February 2022)
- English, Japanese (Japanese-Language Proficiency Test [JLPT] Level 1)