JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Raku Raku, Gen Takahashi, Yoshihiro Morisato and Taku Matsumoto, Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune is a full-service law firm with over 650 professionals that is best known for serving overseas companies doing business in Japan since the early 1950s. It is proud of its long tradition of serving the international business and legal com - munities, and its reputation as one of the largest full- service law firms in Japan. Its combined expertise enables it to deliver comprehensive advice on all le - gal issues that may arise in the course of a corporate
transaction, including those related to M&A, finance, capital markets and restructuring/insolvency, and litigation/arbitration. Most of its lawyers are bilingual and experienced in communicating, drafting and ne - gotiating across borders and around the globe. The firm’s main office in Tokyo is supported by offices in Osaka, Nagoya, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Lon - don, Hanoi and Brussels.
Authors
Raku Raku is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and co-chair of the firm’s Singapore office. He specialises in M&A and provides advice to foreign and domestic clients on the acquisition of companies in Japan as
Yoshihiro Morisato is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune who has a broad practice covering public and private M&A, equity capital markets and private equity, with particular experience in takeover bids, squeeze-
well as business integration and other corporate restructuring. He has extensive experience assisting Chinese clients making investments in Japan. He has an LLM degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and was admitted as a lawyer in Japan in 2007 and in New York in 2013. He also assists clients in the general corporate area.
out proceedings and stock exchange-related work. Having worked in Australia and Thailand, Yoshihiro understands the requirements of foreign clients and the key elements of successful deal execution. He is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.
Taku Matsumoto is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and a corporate auditor of Quantum Strategic Industry Alliance for Revolution. He specialises in M&A and corporate, international trade,
Gen Takahashi is a partner at Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune and co-chair of the firm’s Singapore office. He handles a variety of corporate matters, with a particular focus on cross-border and domestic M&A, and
antitrust and competition regulation, investments in start-up companies, and wealth management. In connection with international trade, he mainly deals with foreign direct investments, export controls and sanctions, as well as the new national security regime in Japan for international and Japanese clients. Taku graduated from Columbia Law School with an LLM degree and is admitted as a lawyer in Japan and in New York.
provides practical legal advice based on his experience of working in Singapore and Australia, as well as in the M&A division of a major securities firm. His other major areas of practice encompass general corporate, antitrust and commercial contracts. He graduated with an LLM degree from Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) and is admitted as a lawyer in Japan and in New York.
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