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Major Area of Practice

Finance transactions (domestic, cross-border finance transactions, bank-related transactions, asset securitization etc.), banking, overall advice on financing, advice on any cross-border transactions

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Background

1999	Waseda University (LL.B.)
2000	Admitted to the bar (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
2005	UCLA School of Law (LL.M.)
2005 -2006	Haynes and Boone, LLP (Dallas, U.S.A.)
2006	Admitted to the New York Bar
2006 - 2007	Hogan Lovells (London, U.K.)
2011	Joined our firm

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Bar Association Membership

Daini Tokyo Bar Association

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Greeting

Our goal is to realize the clients' needs and respond properly to their request in the most convenient manner. With the theme of “Client First”, the availability and specialty in any field will be the one that makes us “special” for clients in recent-growing Japanese legal market.

Major Achievements

• Advise on the capital and business alliance including the third party allotment of stocks and TOB between Zetton Inc. (Nagoya, Next market) and Adastria Co., Ltd. (TSE prime market) (2021-2022) (Zetton side)
• Advise on the capital and business alliance including the third party allotment of stocks between Demae-can Inc. and Line, etc. (2010)
• Presentation at the secretariat hearing of "Study Group for Ways for a Fair M&A" (Kosei na M&A no Arikata ni kansuru Kenkyukai) within METI (2019)
• Advice on becoming a holding company of Meganesuper Co., Ltd. (listed on the JASDAQ) (2017)
• Determination of the stock purchase price of Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (shareholder side) (2013-2016)
• Advising on issuance of MS Warrants and private placement bonds for OHIZUMI MFG. CO., LTD. (listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) (2015)
• Petition for the approval of resolutions made at the shareholders' meetings regarding changes in the terms for convertible bonds issued by a listed company (listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) (2014)
• Legal Counsel to A.D.Works Co., Ltd. (issuing company) with respect to the “committing type” rights offering (2013-)
• Civil rehabilitation proceedings of Index Corporation (listed on the JASDAQ) (petitioner side) (2013-)
• Dissolution of capital and business alliance between IDEA International Co., Ltd. (listed on the JASDAQ) and ELECOM Co., Ltd. (listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) Including premature redemption of the bonds with stock acquisition right, and formation of capital and business alliance between IDEA International Co., Ltd. and Kenkou Corporation, Inc. (listed on the Ambitious) including third party allotment of new shares (IDEA international side) (2013)
• Legal Counsel to A.D.Works Co., Ltd. (the issuing company) with respect to the “non-commitment type” rights offering (2012-2013)
• Capital subscription made to Digital Publishing Initiatives Japan Co., Ltd. by Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Toppan Printing side) (2012)
• Petition for determination of the stock purchase price attributable to the exercise of appraisal right of an investor against the merger of a listed REIT (first published case) (investor side) (2011-2013)
• Takeover bid by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group to acquire 100% ownership of Promise Co., Ltd. as well as the third party allotment of new shares of Promise Co., Ltd. to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group or Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Promise side) (2011-2012)
• Advice on cases related to capitalization strategy including retroactive corrections of securities report and going private (MBO) for Tachihi Enterprise Co., Ltd. (listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) and New Tachikawa Aircraft Co., Ltd. (listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) (companies side) (2010-2012)
• Advising on the provision of an independent opinion, setting-up the third party committees and other related matters as required under the rules of securities exchanges in relation to the third-party allotment of stocks and stock acquisition rights (2010-2011)
• Represented the syndicate of banks in Germany in respect of the rescue finance transaction to the German real estate company and specifically advised on the arrangement of the security over the assets owned by the German company and its Japanese subsidiary (2009-2010)
• Represented the company listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in connection with the refinancing transaction and group reorganization and engaged in the negotiation with group of the banks. Rendered also the advices on the disposition of real estate owned by the company (2009)
• Experienced in the Capital Market section and Project Finance section of Hogan Lovells (2008)
• Advising on international finance and secured transaction including financing arrangement to import crude-oil to Japan from Iran and finance transaction to the wind-generated power company (2007-)
• Advising on the cross-border financial transaction including TMK loans and syndicated loans to the American financial institutions (as an employee at Haynes and Boone, LLP) (2007)
• Also specialized in securitization of real estate, loan receivables, etc., drafting cross-border trades, and advising for a foreign company on registration for a financial instrument firm under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan, and other finance and cross-border matters.