Alan G. 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.

Mr. Cannon 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, Mr. Cannon was based in Hong Kong, where he participated in capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions in a number of Asian markets.

Mr. Cannon regularly advises issuers and underwriters in Japan in connection with global securities offerings.  Recent transactions include representing issuers such as The Daiichi Life Insurance Company, Shinsei Bank and Sony Financial Holdings, as well as representing the underwriters of offerings by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Nomura Holdings and Toyota Motor Corporation.

Mr. Cannon joined the Firm in 1994 and became a partner in 2003.  He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University in 1990 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1994.

Honors/Associations

•	American Bar Association

Publications

•	Restructuring Public Debt – An Overview of the Legal Framework
•	The Sarbanes-Oxley Act:  Impact on Japanese Companies And Their Management

Admissions

•	New York 1995

Education

•	Yale Law School, 1994 J.D. Albom Prize for Clinical Advocacy
•	Yale University, 1990 B.A. magna cum laude