Mr Rikita Karakawa > Abe, Ikubo & Katayama > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile
Abe, Ikubo & Katayama Offices
Fukuoka Building 9th Floor
2-8-7 Yaesu, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0028
Japan
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Mr Rikita Karakawa
Work Department
Legal Division
Position
Partner
Career
(2011) Admitted to the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, joined Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
(2018-2019) Kirkland & Ellis LLP (San Francisco), Visiting Attorney
(2019) Admitted in the State of New York
(2019) Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek PartGmbB (Düsseldorf), Visiting Attorney
Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Brussels), Visiting Attorney
Languages
Japanese and English
Memberships
International Insolvency Institute NextGen Class XI
Inter Pacific Bar Association Insolvency Committee Vice Chair
Education
(2008) University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
(2010) University of Tokyo Law School (J.D.)
(2018) University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)
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.