Asia Deal Digest, published periodically, is a look at some of the largest deals carried out in Asia and who is leading them. 

Japan 

Big Four Japanese law firms Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, together with top U.S. law firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised on Japan’s second-largest initial public offering last year.