JAPAN Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Norihiro Sekiguchi, Daisuke Mure, Yuki Kuroda and Ryosuke Sogo Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners is a full-service law firm with over 180 attorneys and its main offices are in To - kyo and Osaka. It was originally established in Osaka in 1981 but now has an equivalent-sized operation in Tokyo. It was the first Japanese law firm to open an office in China and, together with its Nagoya of - fice, currently has offices in four locations. Its legal practice covers a broad range of fields, including
corporate/M&A, risk management and compliance, IP law, life sciences, restructuring/insolvency, com - petition and antitrust/consumer protection, dispute resolution, finance and insurance, employment law, administration/regulatory law and tax law. It also pro - vides an international practice, a China/Asian prac - tice, a private practice and a pro bono practice.
Authors
Norihiro Sekiguchi is a partner at Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, with broad experience in M&A. He has handled cross-border M&A representing non-Japanese acquirers in various jurisdictions and has been
Yuki Kuroda is a partner at Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners and is in charge of data protection and data security issues. He has handled a number of law and technology cases throughout his career. His practice includes
involved in numerous private equity transactions, including the KIOXIA acquisition. Norihiro served as one of the examiners of the Japanese National Bar Examinations. He graduated from Waseda University (LLB) in 1994 and received an LLM degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2003. Norihiro was a partner at Baker & McKenzie in Tokyo from 2006 to 2014 and then joined Oh-Ebashi. He is admitted to the Bars in Japan and the State of New York.
Japanese and international data protection cases, and he regularly guides clients on various issues including planning a new data-intensive business and implementing a robust data protection/security compliance programme. Yuki received a PhD degree from Kyoto University Graduate School of Informatics in 2023, an LLM degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015 and a JD degree from Osaka University in 2008. He is licensed to practise law in Japan and New York.
Daisuke Mure is a partner in charge of labour and employment law at Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His clients are involved in various areas including pharmaceuticals, telecoms, electronics, trading, transportation,
Ryosuke Sogo is a partner in the finance practice group at Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. He has broad experience in project finance, acquisition finance and real estate finance. Ryosuke has overseen the
airlines, energy, real estate, food and entertainment, educational enterprises and medicine. They include Japanese subsidiaries of global enterprises. Daisuke was admitted to practise law in Japan and joined Oh-Ebashi in 2000. He graduated from the University of Tokyo (LLB) in 1998 and received his LLM degree at the University of Michigan Law School in 2007. In 2008, he was admitted to practise law in the state of New York.
project financing of various infrastructure, renewable energy, storage battery and hydrogen projects. He has a proven track record of assisting in the acquisition of target companies in M&A and advising lenders and borrowers on LBOs and MBOs. Ryosuke has also advised on various domestic and overseas real estate finance matters such as residences, offices, hotels and commercial facilities.
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