Avocats – Japan

Takashi Itokawa

Takashi Itokawa is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on finance transactions and relevant regulatory matters, especially securities offerings by various issuers, including J-REITs, M&A finance, securitization, and structured finance. In addition, he also has extensive experience with real estate and M&A transactions and regularly handles cross-border transactions for both Japanese and foreign clients. His experience includes representing sponsors and listed companies in various finance transactions, such as private placement of common stock by listed companies, issuance of preferred stock and loans with stock acquisition rights, and debt equity swap transactions. In particular, in the field of real estate, he has provided extensive advice based on his experience working for a major Japanese real estate developer. He has been responsible for provision of legal analysis with respect to all forms of transactions/conduct of real estate-related companies, including M&A transactions, domestic and international issuance of securities, such as bonds and shares, formation of listed REITs (J-REITs), private REITs, and private funds, as well as their fund raising and management. He also provides legal advice on CRE strategies (corporate real estate strategies) and redevelopment projects, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) issues, legal risk analysis for every asset class, including logistics facilities and data centers, and real estate finance contract negotiations. In addition, he has provided legal advice on private equity and unlisted stocks. In the field of private equity and unlisted stock investment, he has provided advice on the formation and management of various types of funds, including partnership-type funds, M&A by private equity funds and related acquisition finance transactions (senior finance and mezzanine finance), as well as providing ongoing advice and exit strategies after acquisitions. Recently, he has been continuously contributing to sports industries from a legal perspective. to sports and e-sports industries from a legal perspective.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takashi Koyama

Takashi Koyama is an attorney licensed in both Japan and the State of New York, as well as a registered patent attorney in Japan. He has extensive experience in intellectual property, cross-border transactions, export control, sanctions and foreign direct investment (FDI) issues, life science matters, and dispute resolution, including arbitration. He previously worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, where he served as a negotiator for the intellectual property, investment, and energy chapters in FTA/EPA negotiations. Later, he became Director of the Intellectual Property Affairs Division at the Ministry and acted as the lead negotiator for intellectual property in the TPP, Japan-EU EPA, and RCEP negotiations.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Takashi Matsunaga

Takashi Matsunaga is the firm's partner and he has over 16 years experiences of insolvency, rehabilitation, dispute resolution and administrative law.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Takashi Miyazaki

Partner practicing Corporate, M&A and Banking.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takashi Osawa

Partner

Ushijima & Partners

Takashi Saida

Partner, specializing in tax and asset planning matters.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takashi Tanaka

Partner

Iwata Godo

Takashi Tsukioka

Partner (Banking, Capital Markets, Securitization/Structured Finance, Derivatives, Infrastructure)

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takato Fukui

Partner

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Takaya Akagi

Counsel

Aquaxis Law Office

Takayuki Kihira

Partner

Mori Hamada

Takayuki Maruyama

Takayuki Maruyama is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise a range of Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Corporate & M&A, and International Practice.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Takeshi Motomura

Partner

Iwata Godo

Takeshi Mukawa

ASEAN Representative Partner

Mori Hamada

Takeshi Nagase

Partner

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Takeshi Yoshida

Partner

Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Taku Osawa

Counsel

Jones Day

Taku Umezawa

Financial Regulations (Banking Act, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Insurance Business Act)

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Takuro Yamaguchi

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Takuya Ishikawa

Partner

Ushijima & Partners

Takuya Uenishi

Partner

Iwata Godo

Takuyuki Sakurai

Takuyuki Sakurai is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise of Investment Fund, Financial Regulation, Banking, Derivatives, and Corporate & M&A. He is a standout practitioner in the team, with experience across fund management, private equity, venture capital, and financial regulation work, as well as cross-border investment fund transactions. Among its client base are prominent private equity/venture capital funds and other alternative investment managers.

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Tatsu Katayama

Finance and Financial Institutions, Real Estate, Dispute Resolution

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Teppei Ishikawa

Partner

Iwata Godo