Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Restructuring/Insolvency, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Corporate Governance, General Corporate, Civil and Commercial Disputes, Disputes in Foreign Jurisdictions, Employment Disputes, Tax Disputes, Environmental Disputes, Consumer Law (Consumer Litigation), Real Estate Transactions, Asia.

For over 25 years, Yosuke Kanegae has consistently focused on business restructuring and insolvency matters. Representing all stakeholders—including debtors, financial creditors, trade creditors, sponsors, investors, shareholders, and individual executives throughout all stages, from out-of-court workout  to in-court proceedings, including risk assessment.

Yosuke Kanegae is particularly strong in cases involving international elements, cases requiring the handling of complex financial schemes, and business restructuring cases requiring negotiations with a large number of interested parties.

Yosuke Kanegae is also actively involved in litigation cases involving tax and accounting issues, and has represented taxpayers in several important tax lawsuits, winning judgments.

From 2012 to 2018, Yosuke Kanegae was engaged in education and research on insolvency law as a practicing professor (“Study of Insolvency Practices”) at the University of Tokyo Law School, from 2019 to 2023, as a practicing professor (“New Business and Law”) at Keio University Law School, and from 2023, as a professor (civil advocacy practice) at The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan.

Japanese, English and Chinese

Yosuke Kanegae is

a member of Review Committee on Insolvency Law, etc. of Japan Federation of Bar Associations,

a vice chair of the Asian Business Turnaround Research Committee of the Turnaround Research Institute,

a standing member of the Turnaround Practitioners Association,

a member of the National Insolvency Lawyers Network,

a member of INSOL, and

a member of IBA.

1999 Kyoto University (LL.B.) 2005 Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M.) 2005-2006 Litigation team in Dewey Ballantine LLP (New York) 2006-2007 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) for language training