Jacky Scanlan-Dyas is a partner in the Tokyo office of Hogan Lovells. She is the regional lead for Corporate in Japan, the co-lead for the global Manufacturing and Industrials Industry Group, and a member of the firm’s global M&A leadership committee. Jacky has over 25 years of cross-border transaction experience across the full range of structures, including M&A, investments, joint ventures, and complex commercial contracts. Jacky’s extensive international experience and results-orientated approach enable her to navigate cross-cultural issues that arise in multi-jurisdictional transactions. She knows how to get deals done, having advised numerous major Japanese corporates, funds, and trading houses on corporate transactions all around the globe—in particular India, South East Asia, Latin America, the U.S., and Europe—as well as many international investors from these regions on their investments and businesses in Japan.

Jacky joined the Hogan Lovells London office in 2001 and, having lived in Japan for almost a third of her life, moved back to Tokyo to launch the Japan M&A transactions team in 2009. In 2023, her efforts leading the Japan M&A practice were recognized when Hogan Lovells became one of just a handful of international firms ranked Tier 1 for M&A in Japan by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Most recently, she was awarded “Woman Lawyer of the Year” at the 2023 Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards.