Steve DeCosse focuses on public and private cross-border M&A and investments for strategics, trading houses, and private equity firms across a range of industries. His recent experience includes grain, robotics, food ingredients, 5G, offshore wind, oil and gas (O&G), transport and logistics, sensors, auto parts, and health care.
Steve is regularly recommended as a leading lawyer in Japan by independent guides to the legal profession including Chambers, The Legal 500, and the Japan edition of Best Lawyers in the fields of corporate and M&A. He is listed in the Hall of Fame for Japan: Corporate and M&A in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He is a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.
Steve is currently involved in an Asia-wide pro bono project focusing on human trafficking in six southeast Asian countries.
Experience
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 a Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2021, 2022, and 2023)
- English, Japanese (Japanese-Language Proficiency Test [JLPT] Level 1)