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Yuki Oi
Work Department
MA/Corporate practice
Position
Partner, Tokyo
Career
Yuki Oi is a partner in our M&A/Corporate practice group. He advises domestic and international corporations and financial institutions on their cross-border and domestic M&A transactions. He also handles corporate governance matters and general corporate issues, as well as corporate crisis management matters and commercial litigation.
Some of the major cases he has advised on include representing UFJ Holdings on its integration with Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (2006), Bulldog Sauce on its famous defense against a hostile takeover attempt initiated by Steel Partners (2007), the Osaka Securities Exchange on its integration with the Tokyo Stock Exchange (2011), Idemitsu Kosan on its integration with Showa Shell Sekiyu (2015-19), Toshiba on its divestiture of Toshiba Memory Corporation (2018), and Honda on its strategic alliance with Sony Group in mobility sector (2022).
He was awarded the Young Lawyer of the Year Award at the ALB Japan Law Awards 2019, and the Innovative Practitioners Award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific 2020. He was also selected as one of Asia’s top 40 lawyers under 40 by Asian Legal Business in 2017.
He has also served as a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (2012-13), and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics (2014-present).
Languages
Japanese, English
Memberships
2009 | Admitted in New York
2002 | Admitted in Japan
Education
2010 | Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA with Distinction)
2008 | Columbia Law School (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
2001 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Lawyer Rankings
Japan > Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms
(Next Generation Partners: Bengoshi)The corporate department at Nishimura & Asahi is jointly led by Yoshinobu Fujimoto, who is known for his work on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and Asa Shinkawa, who is the name to note for private equity matters. Other work the practice undertakes includes joint ventures, strategic planning, closing procedures, and business integrations. Hiroshi Uchima is adept at advising on large and complex transactions, while Yuji Shiga is particularly experienced in risk management and international transactions. Masaki Hosaka, Yo Ota
and Yuki Oi are other key members of the team, with specialisms including advice within the industrial and financial sectors as well as proficiency in matters involving international private equity houses.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms Japan
- Next Generation Partners: Bengoshi Japan > Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: Independent local firms
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- Corporate and M&A: Independent local firms
- Dispute resolution: Independent local firms
- Intellectual property: Independent local firms
- Investment funds: 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
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- Tax: Independent local firms
- TMT: Independent local firms