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Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Offices
JP TOWER, 2-7-2 MARUNOUCHI
CHIYODA-KU
TOKYO 100-7036
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Mr Tomohiro Okawa
Work Department
Restructuring and Insolvency, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking
Position
Tomohiro Okawa is a partner at the Tokyo office of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He has been mainly involved in cross-border transactions by leveraging a variety of deal experiences, such as business reorganization and insolvency, banking, and M&A. In particular, he has a wealth of experience in helping distressed companies as debtor’s counsel, whether in-court or out-of-court, including handling distressed M&A and DIP financing.
Career
2008 – Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2014 – 2015 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York
2019 – Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2021 – Fellow, INSOL International
Languages
Japanese, English
Memberships
Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals
All Japan Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Network
INSOL International (INSOL Fellow)
International Insolvency Institute NextGen
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Insolvency law study group
Business Rehabilitation Research Organ
Education
2001 Waseda University (LL.B.)
2007 Hitotsubashi University Law School (J.D.)
2014 Columbia Law School （LL.M.）
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms
(Next Generation Partners: 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
- Next Generation Partners: Bengoshi Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms Japan
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