Baker & McKenzie is advising Taiwan’s CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. on its $527 million purchase of a majority stake in Tokyo Star Bank.

CTBC, formerly known as Chinatrust, will acquire 98.16 percent of the Japanese bank from Shining Star Godo Kaisha and Allied Holdings Godo Kaisha, the bank’s Japanese shareholders. In a statement, CTBC said the deal would help to further grow its footprint in Northeast Asia.