Mr Hisashi Ito > Abe, Ikubo & Katayama > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
Fukuoka Building 9th Floor
2-8-7 Yaesu, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0028
Japan

Work Department

Legal Division

Position

Partner

Career

1985 Admitted to the bar (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association) Joined Ginza Law Office (current Abe, Ikubo & Katayama)

1991-1995 Worked at Supreme Court Legal Training and Research Institute (In charge of Civil Advocacy Instructor’s Office)

2003 Instructor at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court

2009- Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association General Legal Institute Chairman of Bankruptcy Committee

Education

1982 Graduated from Chuo University, Law Department

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms

The restructuring and insolvency team at Abe, Ikubo & Katayama has broad corporate expertise, handling the full gamut of bankruptcy matters, including significant insolvency cases in Japan, in addition to cross-border restructuring mandates. Practice co-head Eiji Katayama handles corporate reorganisations, and Kazuyuki Taguchi has experience in advising on the turnaround of corporate businesses. Hisashi Ito acts in an array of civil rehabilitation cases and liquidations on behalf of various companies. Business rehabilitation is also an area of focus for Hirofumi Kato, whose practice consists of legal and voluntary liquidation mandates. The firm’s disputes practice covers both in- and out-of-court cases, and Rikita Karakawa contributes her broad experience of negotiation and litigation in out-of-court private rehabilitations.