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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Offices
JP TOWER, 2-7-2 MARUNOUCHI
CHIYODA-KU
TOKYO 100-7036
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Mr Nobuaki Kobayashi
Work Department
Restructuring/Insolvency, General Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Civil and Commercial Disputes, Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance
Position
Mr. Kobayashi has a wealth of practical experience handling high-profile insolvency and restructuring proceedings, including large-scale corporate reorganizations.
Career
- Bar of Japan (admitted in 1983); Kobayashi & Associates Law Office, an insolvency and restructuring boutique firm (founder and chairman, 2000-2013), Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (partner, 2013-present)
- Study Committee on the Bankruptcy Law System of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (chairperson, 2013-2017)
- Study group on Guidelines applicable to Guarantees made by the Management, established by The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Japanese Bankers Association (chairperson)
- Japan Insolvency Lawyers Network (vice-chairperson)
- Japanese Association for Business Recovery (representative director)
- Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals (senior director)
Languages
Japanese
Memberships
Tokyo Bar Association (1983-present)
Education
Chuo University (LL.B., 1979)
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms
(Leading individuals: Bengoshi)Nobuaki Kobayashi co-leads the team at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, which maintains a stellar reputation in the workout and turnaround market, with the team regularly advising on out-of-court matters. The group also draws on its cross-practice experience, such as its experience in technology-related matters, having advised on the civil rehabilitation proceedings of cryptocurrency exchange MtGox. The practice continues to advise an increasingly diverse number of clients on both the debtor and sponsor side, as well as major banks and financial institutions. Kobayashi has expansive experience in acting in high-profile proceedings such as large-scale corporate reorganisations, as well as in out-of-court workouts both in Japan and overseas, and practice co-head Yosuke Kanegae represents numerous listed companies in out-of-court restructuring cases. The team displays strong cross-border capabilities, with Takashi Suzuki and Tomohiro Okawa handling a broad range of global restructuring cases.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals: Bengoshi Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms Japan
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: Independent local firms
- Banking and finance: Independent local firms
- Capital markets: Independent local firms
- Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms
- Dispute resolution: Independent local firms
- Intellectual property: Independent local firms
- Labour and employment: Independent local firms
- Private wealth: Independent local firms
- Projects and energy: Independent local firms
- Real estate and construction: Independent local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms
- Risk management and investigations: Independent local firms
- Tax: Independent local firms
- TMT: Independent local firms