Hiroshi Kanemoto

Profile

Hiroshi Kanemoto is a partner in the Singapore office of Corvane Ryle LLP and a member of the firm's Mergers & Acquisitions practice. He advises multinational and regional companies on cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic investments across Southeast Asia, Japan and Australia.

Hiroshi works with clients in automotive, technology and consumer sectors who are expanding into Asia-Pacific or restructuring their regional footprints. He is regularly the point of coordination among the firm's offices in Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney, and brings experience of foreign investment screening and merger control regimes across the region.

For related reading, see Consumer and Retail M&A Outlook for 2027 by Miriam Okafor-Lindqvist and The New HSR Form One Year On, both of which bear on how deal teams plan cross-border timetables.

Experience

Hiroshi Kanemoto's representative matters include the following, many of which are confidential and described in general terms.

• Advised Ashgrove Motors on the formation of an electric vehicle battery joint venture with an Asian cell manufacturer, including foreign investment approvals in four jurisdictions.
• Represented Tidewater Logistics in its cross-border acquisition of a Southeast Asian freight forwarding group.
• Advised Halvern Retail Group on the establishment of a regional joint venture for its Asia-Pacific e-commerce operations.
• Counseled Kestrel Systems on the acquisition of a Singapore-based semiconductor design firm.
• Advised Northwall Capital on its minority investment in a Japanese consumer brands holding company.
• Represented Solenne Energy in the sale of a 49 percent stake in a solar development platform to an infrastructure investor.
• Advised a Japanese trading company on the acquisition of an Australian food distribution business.
• Represented Arvelo Health in a joint venture to deliver digital health services across Southeast Asia.
• Advised a NYSE-listed medical device manufacturer on the sale of its Asia-Pacific distribution business.
• Counseled Castellan Hotels on the acquisition of a boutique hotel group in Southeast Asia.
• Advised a Singapore sovereign-linked investor on a co-investment in a US consumer brand acquisition.
• Represented a global logistics company in a multi-jurisdictional carve-out requiring transitional service arrangements in seven countries.

Qualifications

Bar admissions

• State Bar of New York
• Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Education

• LLM, Columbia Law School
• LLB, University of Tokyo