Hideyuki Sakai
Hideyuki Sakai

Of Counsel/Advisor

Tokyo
LEGAL AWARDS
The A-List: Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2024
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2023
Key Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Crisis Management & Turnaround
Cross-Border Restructurings
Civil and Commercial Disputes (General)
TEL:81-3-6775-1009
/FAX:81-3-6775-2009
Hideyuki Sakai is an of counsel at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and one of Japan's leading authorities in insolvency and financial restructuring. Prior to joining Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, he was managing partner of Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa, the joint enterprise established between Sakai & Mimura, which he founded in 1995, and a leading US law firm. Mr. Sakai focuses on bankruptcy, workouts, civil rehabilitation and other proceedings involving insolvency procedures. He frequently represents financial institutions and large creditor groups in complex debt restructurings and international insolvency matters. He has also served as court-appointed trustee in high-profile cases and as mediator in out-of-court ADR proceedings. Additionally, he has extensive experience in cross-border M&A, complex commercial litigation and crisis management.
CAREER
Mar 1974
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Mar 1976
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Jun 1982
Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (1976)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Tokyo Bar Association
International Insolvency Institute (III)
INSOL International
International Bar Association (IBA)
American College of Bankruptcy (ACB)
Japanese Association for Business Recovery (Director)
Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals (Director)
Japanese Federation of Insolvency Professionals
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
Hideyuki Sakai
Hideyuki Sakai
TEL:81-3-6775-1009
/FAX:81-3-6775-2009
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Crisis Management & Turnaround
Cross-Border Restructurings
Civil and Commercial Disputes (General)