JAPAN Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Shuichi Nishimura, Yasuhiro Kasahara and Yoshitaka Kato Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu is the first integrat - ed full-service law firm in Japan and one of the fore - most providers of international and commercial legal services based in Tokyo. The firm’s overseas network includes offices in New York, Singapore, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Shanghai and Jakarta, as - sociated local law firms in Beijing and collaborative relationships with prominent local law firms in many other jurisdictions. In representing leading domestic and international clients, the firm has successfully structured and negotiated many of the largest and
most significant corporate, finance and real estate transactions related to Japan. In addition to its ca - pabilities spanning key commercial areas, the firm is known for handling ground-breaking domestic and cross-border risk management/corporate govern - ance cases and large-scale corporate reorganisa - tions. The firm has over 600 lawyers, who work to - gether in customised teams to provide clients with the expertise and experience specifically required for each client matter.
Authors
Shuichi Nishimura is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His main areas of practice are cross- border and domestic M&A, private equity and general corporate. He has vast experience in complex M&A
Yasuhiro Kasahara is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His main areas of practice are cross- border and domestic M&A, private equity, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. He has
transactions, serving both private equity firms and corporate clients. He graduated with an LLB from Waseda University in 2004 and with an LLM from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 2011. He was an Adjunct Lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University Graduate School of Law from 2018 to 2022. Yoshitaka Kato is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His main areas of practice are domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity, acquisition finance and general corporate. He graduated with an LLB from Osaka University in 2009, with a JD from Kyoto University Law School in 2011 and with an LLM from University of Virginia School of Law in 2019. He worked at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP from 2019 to 2020 and from 2021 to 2023.
extensive experience in North, Central and South American matters. He graduated with an LLB from the University of Tokyo in 2005 and with an LLM from Columbia Law School in 2012. He worked at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP from 2012 to 2014, and was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo School of Law from 2019 to 2022.
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