Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Tax/M&A/Corporate/Investment fund/International trade/Export control

Hidehiro Utsumi has been highly acclaimed internationally, such as by being selected for many years as one of the leading lawyers in Japan in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500, and Best Lawyers.

Based on his legal, taxation and accounting experience, he can formulate comprehensive strategies and review structuring arrangements with the assistance of a network of offices that expands across multiple jurisdictions. The major deals in which he has been involved include the following:

- Advised Vodafone as a lead partner on the M&A, tax and financing aspects of its JPY1.8 trillion sale of its Japanese subsidiary, Vodafone K.K., which was the largest LBO and corporate takeover in Japan.
- Advised SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) as the lead partner on its JPY100 billion investments in Barclays PLC.
- Advised PricewaterhouseCoopers on its reform at its Japan network firm ChuoAoyama and establishing new member firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata.
- Represented many companies and advised public agencies as the lead partner in large-scale anti-dumping matters.
- Involved in various projects related to pharmaceutical and bio-related regulations.
- Responding to various scandals, preparing reports, and being involved in third-party committees.

November 2024
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (Partner)

August 2009
TMI Associates (Partner)

October 2007
Allen & Overy (Partner)

June 2005
Linklaters (Partner)

June 2002
Return to Nishimura & Partners

September 2001
Sullivan & Cromwell

April 1996
Nishimura & Partners

April 1994
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

April 1988
Accounting firm (a member firm of Arthur Andersen)

Japanese, English

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association; Japan Federation of Bar Associations (1996)
The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1991)
American Bar Association : New York (2001)
Certified Public Accountant, USA (2002)

June 2008
Lecturer at National Tax College (Zeimu Daigakko) at National Tax Agency

April 2007
Adjunct Professor at Waseda Business School

April 2005
Adjunct Professor at Waseda Law School

June 2001
New York University School of Law (International Taxation)

June 2000
Harvard Law School

March 1988
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)