Hiroshige Nakagawa is a partner handling a wide range of corporate matters with a focus on cross-border transactions, investment, general corporate, competition issues, and litigation/arbitration cases. In addition, he regularly advises foreign and domestic clients on international trade matters, including anti-dumping investigation.

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.

Ryo Okochi has expertise in cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint venture, and corporate restructuring. His practice focuses on transactions related to emerging countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, ASEAN countries and other African countries.

Yasufumi Miki is a partner handling domestic and cross-border M&A. He is a chief representative of our Ho Chi Minh City office and handling various kind of corporate transactions in Vietnam and other ASEAN countries.

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.

Kenjiro Yamaguchi specializes in international corporate law matters including M&A, business reorganization. In connection with M&A transactions, he has extensive experience in cross-border M&A in Asian jurisdictions, such as China, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa, Morocco and Egypt. Prior to joining Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Kenjiro served as a lawyer at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and has experience working overseas in Beijing, Ho Chi Minh and Bangkok. Also, He has experience working for one of the largest general trading companies where he was in charge of various overseas investment projects (in particular, Asia and Africa). Mr. Yamaguchi also served as: 2017 - 2018 Nagoya University, Research and Education Center for Japanese Law in Ho Chi Minh (Japanese Law. a part-time lecturer) 2017 - 2018 Hitotsubashi University Law School (International Legal Strategy, 3rd lecture) 2018 Keio Law School (Guest Speaker, International Development Law, 2rd lecture)

Jun Ishii handles various corporate matters in Japan and other countries. He provides support to Japanese corporations for their investments, M&As and management of their subsidiaries in many countries in cooperation with local law firms. In particular, he is familiar with legal practice in Latin America since he has experience with working for major law firms in Brazil and Chile. In Japan, he assists both Japanese and foreign clients mainly for their general corporate matters and M&As (including providing legal support for the incorporation and operation of the Japanese subsidiaries of foreign clients). Recently, he has also begun focusing on providing legal advice to clients in the gaming and other entertainment industries.

Mariko Nagata is a partner handling a wide range of corporate and finance matters with a focus on cross-border transactions.

Taku Matsumoto specializes in (i) mergers & acquisitions, (ii) antitrust & competition regulation, (iii) economic security and international trade (foreign direct investment), (iv) investments in startup companies and (v) wealth management. Taku regularly advises clients across numerous industries including finance (banks, securities companies, FinTech and funds), life sciences (pharmaceutical, medical equipment, biotech and nursing), IT (SaaS, quantum technology and sharing services), trading companies, telecommunications, advertising, sports, entertainment, education, real estate, food, manufacturing (automobiles, machinery, chemicals and engineering), logistics, retail, consulting, and resources / energy.

Suguru Yokoi is a partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and a Registered Foreign Lawyer of Nakamura & Associates He handles a wide range of corporate matters in relation to transactions between businesses in Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) and Japan, including cross-border transactions, inbound and outbound investments, divestments, crisis management, corporate compliance, business and human rights matters (human rights due diligence) and arbitration/litigation cases. He also regularly advises foreign and domestic clients on trade remedy cases and other international trade matters, including anti-dumping investigations.

Ryoichi Kaneko has extensive experience in M&A, private equity, and emerging growth/venture capital, and also advises on merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) regulations. Ryoichi’s professional experience includes stints with the Corporate/M&A and Competition Law departments at top law firms in London, Brussels and Madrid. Besides the depth and breadth of his experience, Ryoichi is also particularly noted for his ability to provide clear, practical and highly effective bilingual advice to international clients on cross-border transactions involving Japan.