Solicitor, immediate past President of the Law Society of England and Wales and Judge. 25+ years as an international corporate lawyer admitted in four jurisdictions and fluent in Japanese. Asia specialist. Led the 200,000+ solicitor profession as its President. Highest level experience in strategic influencing and communications including public affairs, campaigning and media. Negotiated international trade liberalisation deals, particularly with India and Japan. Championed diversity in the judiciary. Extensive media exposure and the public face of the legal profession during the 2024 riots that targeted lawyers.Firm website:Nick Emmerson is a specialist in cross-border M&A and international capital market transactions. Nick is a genuine international lawyer who is fluent in Japanese and has spent much of his career working in Asia.Nick has more than 25 years’ experience in cross-border M&A and international capital market transactions. He lived in Japan for seven years, where he opened the Herbert Smith Freehills Tokyo Office in 2000 alongside Steve Lewis, the Managing Partner of Lewis Mathys Emmerson LLP. Nick also spent two and a half years working in China, where he managed the Shanghai office of another global law firm and founded its Hong Kong office.Nick has been recognised by Chambers Global as an M&A expert in both their Japan and UK editions and described by Chambers Global as “a fluent Japanese speaker”.His fields of expertise include IPOs on the London capital markets by international companies, private equity transactions, joint ventures, corporate re-organisations and numerous complex cross-border public and private M&A deals in a variety of sectors from billion-dollar telecom deals in Japan to the sale of Peppa Pig.*Nick was the 179th President of the Law Society of England and Wales (2023-24).Nick has been admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, Hong Kong and the Republic of Ireland and as an attorney at law in the State of California.ニック・エマーソンはクロスボーダー企業合併・買収やキャピタル・マーケッツ（資本市場）分野に於いて25年以上の豊富な経験を有しております。大半のキャリアをアジア圏で過ごし、日本語も流暢に話します。日本では７年間勤務し、その間には２０００年に弊所マネージング・パートナー　スティーブ・ルイスと共にハーバート・スミス・フリーヒルズ外国法事務弁護士事務所の東京支店を開設いたしました。また、中国で過ごした２年半の間には、某国際弁護士事務所の香港オフィス創業メンバーの一員となり、後に上海オフィスのマネージング・パートナーも務めました。Chambers Globalの英国及び日本における部門別評価で、Corporate /M&A部門に於いて高い評価を得ております。英国における海外企業のIPO、プライベートエクイティ投資、合弁事業、企業組織再編及びその他クロス・ボーダーM＆A案件を取り扱っております（例：日本においての数十億ドル規模の通信セクター案件やPeppa Pigの売却）。*ニックはイングランド・ウェールズ弁護士会（Law Society of England and Wales）の１７９代目会長を務めました（２０２３年―２０２４年）。英国（イングランド・ウェールズ）、米国（カリフォルニア州）、香港、アイルランド共和国の弁護士資格を持つ弁護士です。