Bio

Alan Cannon is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department. He regularly advises clients on a broad range of capital markets transactions, including securities offerings registered in the United States, global initial public offerings by Japanese issuers and other international corporate finance transactions. He is also active in cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, advising both principals and financial advisors. Alan has advised many of the leading Japanese and international financial institutions in Tokyo since relocating there in 1998 and is proficient in Japanese. Prior to joining the Tokyo office, Alan was based in Hong Kong, where he participated in capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions in a number of Asian markets. Alan joined the Firm in 1994 and became a Partner in 2003. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale College in 1990 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1994.