In an age with a surge of new and upcoming enterprises touting cutting-edge innovation, technologies and services, AMT is proud to play an important role in supporting its start-ups and venture capitalist clients. We support these fast-paced clients' growth by meeting their expectations for concise, effective and timely legal advice which is uniquely tailored to each company's business ethos and vision. From advising on the company's capital policy, the formulation of strategies for the protection of its intellectual property, to advising on, drafting and negotiating effective transaction and commercial documents, our multi-lingual attorneys consistently prove to be reliable legal advisors to these new ventures.
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Tsunaki Nishimura has been involved in a broad range of corporate transactions from international finance to mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. He has particular expertise in capital market transactions, such as issuance and offering of debt and equity securities in international and domestic markets, including IPOs, global public offering of shares, international offering of convertible bonds, domestic offering of Samurai bonds and Euro Medium Term Note, and corporate disclosure matters. He also has experiences in Hong Kong-related matters.

Tomoyuki Oka has been engaged in a broad range of domestic and global capital market transactions, as well as various types of transactions including those relating to REITs. His scope of experience also includes mergers and acquisitions, financial regulatory issues and general corporate issues.

Ryo Nagai has been engaged in a broad range of matters including equity and debt offerings in both domestic and international capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, capital and business alliances, support to start-ups, Japanese REITs and other general corporate matters.

Mr. Aoki is a registered and qualified patent attorney (benrishi) at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He has been involved with various intellectual property matters centering around patent issues and he is well versed in intellectual property strategies, patent filing, providing support for start-ups and intellectual property due diligence.

In order to support the business growth of both international and domestic clients, Yas Fuke handles not only M&A and other transactions, but also deals with various business regulations, and provides advice and handles problems on general corporate legal matters such as corporate law and labor law.

Gen Takahashi handles a variety of corporate matters with a particular focus on cross-border M&A transactions involving Japanese entities. He provides thorough and practical legal advice based on his experience of working in Singapore and Australia, as well as at the M&A division of a major securities firm in Japan. His other major areas of practice encompass domestic M&A deals including public deals, general corporate, anti-trust and commercial contracts. He also regularly advises on labor and dispute resolution matters for domestic and overseas clients.

Takahiro Hayase specializes in the design, implementation, and administration of incentive plans for directors, officers, and employees of both listed and non-listed companies, domestically and internationally. In addition to cash compensation, he is well-versed in various equity compensation schemes, including stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSUs), performance share units (PSUs), trust-based stock compensation, and employee stock ownership plans. He provides comprehensive support throughout the entire process, from the design and implementation of these compensation plans to the grant, holding, settlement and disposal of the awards.

Throughout his career, Jun Suzuki has developed his extensive expertise in economic security field. After being called to the bar in Japan, he started his careers at law firms in Japan and the United States. Following the graduation of the LL.M. program in Washington DC, during which he focused on national security law, he gained further practical experience as a senior manager in a major Japanese electronics/entertainment company and its U.S. subsidiaries, particularly in the area of economic security. Since 2022, Jun Suzuki has been working on the development of domestic legal systems related to economic security (including the Economic Security Promotion Act, the Act on the Protection and Utilization of Critical Economic Security Information, Act on the Review and Regulation of the Use of Real Estate Surrounding Important Facilities and on Remote Territorial Islands as well as Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act) or establishment of operational structure for such laws, etc., as Deputy Director of the Economic Security Policy Division of the Foreign Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Additionally, Jun Suzuki has many experiences in dispute resolution (domestic/cross-border) and transactions involving intellectual properties, having begun his career in said law firms and Japanese company.

Mr. Keita Tokura is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune with extensive experience in Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions and related financial transactions. He has been playing important roles in a number of public deals in Japan (including going private transactions and mergers of equals). He has a depth of knowledge and experience in M&As and investments in high-tech sector.

Shunsuke Aoki has been engaged in a broad range of matters including equity and debt offerings in both domestic and international capital markets, FinTech matters, financial regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, capital and business alliances, and other general corporate matters.
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