Corporate

Corporate and Commercial Transactions

We provide a full range of corporate services to our clients, whether it be at the start of a business, such as incorporation; throughout the life of the business, with services such as changes to share capital, alterations to articles of incorporation, dividends, or the issuance of new shares, stock options or corporate bonds; or end-of-business support services such as dissolution and liquidation. In addition, we work with our clients in the course of their business operations by assisting with commercial contracts of any nature. Our attorneys are adept at drafting tailor-made commercial agreements including novel and pioneering commercial agreements in new and developing business sectors. Our clients trust our experienced lawyers to provide them with effective support on all aspects of the commercial deal from inception to completion. To support our multinational clientele, we frequently provide our legal services in English and Chinese in addition to Japanese.

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Tsutomu Miyano
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Tokyo
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Mr. Miyano's practice, through over 35 years of his professional carrier, covers really a wide range of areas, including general corporate, commercial transactions, M&A, labor issues and international finance (including securities issuance). He also handles litigations and other dispute solutions and crisis management for corporate clients. So, he is the real "general corporate" lawyer himself. Amongst his wide coverage of practice areas, he has been acting as a regular counsel for several medical device and pharmaceutical companies in Japan and also involved in many transactions relating to them (such as M&A, establishment of joint venture, etc.). He also represents many clients in the telecommunication business sector. He is also knowledgeable regarding restructuring of defaulted bonds (including sovereign bonds), the conducting of related bondholders' meetings.
Kenichi Masuda
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Tokyo
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Kenichi Masuda has represented many local and foreign clients in a broad spectrum of businesses and industries. He has extensive experience in advising foreign clients and is familiar with cross-border issues. In particular, he regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions of listed and unlisted businesses (including, but not limited to, share acquisitions and divestments and business acquisitions and divestments for foreign clients where the target is a Japanese company or business), joint ventures and other cross-border investments, and corporate restructurings. His scope of experience also includes assisting and representing venture companies in various aspects including start-up, equity finance and initial public offerings, as well as establishing venture capital or other private equity funds, advising venture or other private equity funds on investments in Japanese businesses including high-tech businesses as well as distressed companies. He regularly provides legal services on employment and labor union relations (including representation of client companies at the court and other dispute resolution forum), real property transactions, intellectual property issues, general corporate matters (including corporate governance and compliance issues for listed companies) and commercial matters. Mr. Masuda served as a Committee Member for two committees organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the purpose of stimulating venture business and investments into the venture business in Japan: the Committee for Improving the Business Environment for Private Equity Finance in Japan in 2000, which developed proposals for revisions to the Japanese corporate law, and the Committee for Examining Desirable Disclosure Systems of the Venture Business in Japan in 2001, which developed proposals for revisions to the Japanese Securities Exchange Law. Mr. Masuda also taught M&A as an adjunct lecturer at the Graduate School for Law and Politics of The University of Tokyo (2011-2013, 2014-2016).
Takeshi Watanabe
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Tokyo
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Takeshi Watanabe is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and is engaged principally in the fields of corporate and commercial law and Chinese law, with an emphasis on M&A and corporate governance. He has represented foreign investors in various large-scale M&A transactions and advised in relation to various corporate restructurings of listed companies. He is also involved in M&A related financing transactions and is well versed in Securities Law and other Financial Services Laws. He regularly provides legal services on general corporate matters to various clients including operating companies and financial institutions. In addition to his professional experience at our firm, he has worked for a branch of a Japanese bank in the People's Republic of China. He actively handles legal matters on behalf of clients based in Japan that are interested in entering into business ventures in China.
Noritaka Niwano
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Tokyo
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Noritaka Niwano is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune who assists both domestic and overseas clients in mergers and acquisitions and investment transactions. His scope of experience also includes both domestic and overseas matters such as corporate restructuring, general corporate, securities transactions and structured finance.
Jinning Tu
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Tokyo
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Ms. Tu is a Chinese attorney and is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Ms. Tu's practice includes cross-border corporate transactions, compliance structure building and litigation. She assists non-Chinese, overseas companies including Japanese companies by coordinating their business activities in China and Chinese companies in Japan, including establishing enterprises, supply and distribution, labor and employment, antitrust and competition regulation, joint ventures, M&A and strategic alliances and litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Yasuyuki Kuroda
YasuyukiKuroda
Tokyo
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Mr. Kuroda has been engaged in a broad range of matters at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune since he joined the firm in 2000. His works focus on general corporate, securities issue of domestic and international capital markets, advice regarding financial regulations and corporate litigation.
Daisuke Yamaguchi
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Tokyo
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Daisuke Yamaguchi has been engaged in significant corporate transactions such as acquisitions, reorganizations, and financing transactions since he joined the firm in 2001. He has been involved with matters in various fields of general corporate law such as M&As, M&A-related finance and Private Finance Initiative/Public-private Partnership projects. Mr. Yamaguchi's experience at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune also includes advising clients in relation to software licensing issues.
Yuichiro Nukada
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Tokyo
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International transactions, Cross-border M&A, M&A (takeover bid, share acquisition, business transfer, statutory corporate reorganization, JVs, general corporate), real estate (J-REIT, TMK), financing, sport (professional football club), entertainment.
Hiroto Ando
HirotoAndo
Tokyo
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Tokyo

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Hiroto Ando has been engaged in a broad range of matters at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune since he joined the firm in 2002. He focuses on a variety of corporate matters including issuance of securities in both the international and domestic capital markets, mergers and acquisition and corporate restructuring.
Ryo Kotoura
RyoKotoura
Tokyo
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Ryo Kotoura is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune working primarily in the field of Japan-India related matters. With his experience working at an Indian law firm, he regularly advises on domestic clients advancing to South Asian Countries (India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In particular, India) (establishment and operation of local subsidiaries, branch and liaison offices), joint ventures and acquisition of local companies (including those acquired through tender offer), research of regulations and support for filings, support for conclusion of distributorship agreements and agency agreements, employment management, management of intellectual property rights, litigation, as well as on other legal issues that Japanese companies often face in South Asian Countries (in particular, India). He has abundant experience of advising Japanese companies disputing with the companies in South Asian countries (in particular, India) by international arbitration in a third country, those litigation in those countries etc. He also advises domestic clients in Japan on M&A, corporate restructuring and internal compliance matters. He has abundant experience of internal investigation and outside investigation through a third-party committe.

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