


Hiroyuki Kotaki
Senior Associate
Tokyo
LEGAL AWARDS
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Best Lawyers 2023
Key Practice Areas
M&A/Business Restructuring
Cross-border M&A
Startup M&A/Venture Capital
Shareholder Activism
Corporate
SERVICES
Practice Areas
M&A
Corporate
International Practice
RELATED INSIGHTS
PUBLICATIONSPublications
CAREER
Mar 2013
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Mar 2015
The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
2015 - 2016
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
May 2023
Columbia Law School (LL.M., Honors)
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
Clayton Utz, Brisbane
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (2016)
New York (2024)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Asoociation
New York Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English

Hiroyuki Kotaki
M&A/Business Restructuring
Cross-border M&A
Startup M&A/Venture Capital
Shareholder Activism
Corporate