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Shiro Kuniya
Shiro Kuniya
Shiro Kuniya has been highly acclaimed; Ranked among Nikkei Business Journal’s top ten most highly regarded lawyers in Japan in the areas of “Corporate and M&A” and “International Transaction and Dispute Resolution”. Listed as Leading Lawyer for M&A in IFLR 2015, for Financial & Corporate Law in IFLR 2017 (International Finance Law Review) Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate / M&A” section and “Dispute Resolution" section, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia, Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (since 2009). Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate and M&A” section, the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (since 2009). Listed in Corporate and M&A, International Business Transactions, Litigation, Intellectual Property and Trade section in “Best Lawyers” (since 2008). Awarded “Project Finance of the Year 1999” (Universal Studio Japan Theme Park Project) by Euromoney.
Teppei Mogi
Teppei Mogi
Teppei Mogi is the firm’s partner in charge of international business law and international dispute resolution. He has been providing legal advice on various distribution agreements, licensing agreements, joint venture agreements, M&A agreements, infrastructure project agreements and other agreements relating to international transactions for the nearly 30 years. He has represented both Japanese and foreign clients, among others, in the areas of construction, plant engineering, energy, pharmaceuticals and machinery. His work has recently been focused on the resolution of international business disputes, including arbitration and mediation. He has represeted clients in a number of international arbitration cases (including JCAA, ICC, AAA, SIAC and LCIA cases). He is also active as arbitrators. He is listed in JCAA and SHIAC.
Kagenori Sako
Kagenori Sako
Kagenori Sako is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise a range of antitrust / competition, dispute resolution, compliance, IP and corporate law. His antitrust / competition practice covers all areas of antitrust and competition law, including cartel defense, private antitrust litigation and merger clearance. He regularly represents clients in administrative and criminal antitrust investigations by the JFTC, and has served as lead coordinating counsel for clients under investigation in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, Canada, China, Korea, India, Singapore and Brazil. In addition to cartel investigation, he has handled a variety of unfair trade practices under the Japanese antitrust law including abuse of a superior bargaining position. In addition to his work in the antitrust area, Kagenori has represented clients in various commercial dispute matters, including complex commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures. He also has extensive experience in conducting complex investigations in a variety of industries, and in advising corporate boards in connection with investigations.
Seigo Takehira
Seigo Takehira
Seigo Takehira is a leading partner in the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Practice Group of the firm. He has done prior work in the investment banking industry, and since 2015, has served as an examiner for the Bar and Preliminary Bar Examinations on Corporate Law. His practice areas include corporate governance, domestic and cross-border M&A, commercial transactions, and domestic/international dispute resolutions, covering a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, energy, manufacturing, transportation, retail, real estate and financial institutions.
Shigetoshi Hirano
Shigetoshi Hirano
Mr. Shigetoshi Hirano has been practicing law in a variety of fields since 1989. After he was dispatched by the firm to study in the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, he has specialized in intellectual property (IP) disputes representing Japanese and other foreign clients in Japanese courts and arbitration, as well as drafting licensing and franchising agreements. Mr. Hirano also has extensive experience in entertainment law, which is a combined field of copyright, trademark and intellectual property creation, and is derived from IP. In addition to his IP practice, Mr. Hirano has been involved in business transactions and international disputes between Japanese parties and foreign parties in the U.S., E.U, China, Korea, Middle East and many other countries. Mr. Hirano has also worked on many joint venture projects, which has helped clients expand their businesses into new territories. On several occasions, Mr. Hirano has assisted Japanese clients in the closure of their subsidiaries to restructure their chain of supply. Mr. Hirano believes lawyers should have broad experience and knowledge in order to lead their clients to fair and reasonable results, which is why he has tried to obtain a variety of experience, including learning about different cultures. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Hirano has been teaching Intellectual Property Law at Kyoto University Law School for the past 10 years and has been elected to important bar association positions, including as Vice President of the Osaka Bar Association.
Hirotake Tanaka
Hirotake Tanaka
Hirotake Tanaka focuses his practice on restructuring and bankruptcy. Since joining Oh-Ebashi in 2010, he has worked on a large number of bankruptcy cases, which spread across different fields including a land developer, golf course management company, medical group, public service company, transport company, food company etc. and his cases are almost all of extreme large scale involving debts of billion dollars. Furthermore, he is familiar with not only legal liquidation but also private arrangements. He has also succeeded in some complex cases such as the one transferred from civil rehabilitation proceedings to company reorganization proceedings via bankruptcy proceedings, the details of which are explained in his article “New Approach for the Use of Corporate Reorganization Proceedings”. In addition to the bankruptcy filed, he has dealt with M&A transaction cases and crisis management cases as his day-to-day legal practice. Based on his broad experiences and toughness, he has played significant roles in various cases.
Shunta Doki
Shunta Doki
Shunta Doki is a partner of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners in Japan, based in Osaka and Tokyo. He has studied law in three countries, Japan, the US and the Netherlands, and has worked in four international law firms in Tokyo, Osaka, New York and Amsterdam. He is familiar with US and European law as well as Japanese law. His main areas of practice are M&A, corporate litigation, environmental regulation and ESG matters. He works across a wide range of industries, but has a particular strength in renewable energy. He has written extensively and commented widely in the media on sustainability issues. He is a member of the Japan Association for Environmental Law and Policy and the Asian Society of International Law.
Shiro Kuniya
Shiro Kuniya
Shiro Kuniya has been highly acclaimed; Ranked among Nikkei Business Journal’s top ten most highly regarded lawyers in Japan in the areas of “Corporate and M&A” and “International Transaction and Dispute Resolution”. Listed as Leading Lawyer for M&A in IFLR 2015, for Financial & Corporate Law in IFLR 2017 (International Finance Law Review) Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate / M&A” section and “Dispute Resolution" section, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia, Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (since 2009). Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate and M&A” section, the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (since 2009). Listed in Corporate and M&A, International Business Transactions, Litigation, Intellectual Property and Trade section in “Best Lawyers” (since 2008). Awarded “Project Finance of the Year 1999” (Universal Studio Japan Theme Park Project) by Euromoney.
Teppei Mogi
Teppei Mogi
Teppei Mogi is the firm’s partner in charge of international business law and international dispute resolution. He has been providing legal advice on various distribution agreements, licensing agreements, joint venture agreements, M&A agreements, infrastructure project agreements and other agreements relating to international transactions for the nearly 30 years. He has represented both Japanese and foreign clients, among others, in the areas of construction, plant engineering, energy, pharmaceuticals and machinery. His work has recently been focused on the resolution of international business disputes, including arbitration and mediation. He has represeted clients in a number of international arbitration cases (including JCAA, ICC, AAA, SIAC and LCIA cases). He is also active as arbitrators. He is listed in JCAA and SHIAC.
Kagenori Sako
Kagenori Sako
Kagenori Sako is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise a range of antitrust / competition, dispute resolution, compliance, IP and corporate law. His antitrust / competition practice covers all areas of antitrust and competition law, including cartel defense, private antitrust litigation and merger clearance. He regularly represents clients in administrative and criminal antitrust investigations by the JFTC, and has served as lead coordinating counsel for clients under investigation in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, Canada, China, Korea, India, Singapore and Brazil. In addition to cartel investigation, he has handled a variety of unfair trade practices under the Japanese antitrust law including abuse of a superior bargaining position. In addition to his work in the antitrust area, Kagenori has represented clients in various commercial dispute matters, including complex commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures. He also has extensive experience in conducting complex investigations in a variety of industries, and in advising corporate boards in connection with investigations.
Seigo Takehira
Seigo Takehira
Seigo Takehira is a leading partner in the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Practice Group of the firm. He has done prior work in the investment banking industry, and since 2015, has served as an examiner for the Bar and Preliminary Bar Examinations on Corporate Law. His practice areas include corporate governance, domestic and cross-border M&A, commercial transactions, and domestic/international dispute resolutions, covering a broad range of industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, energy, manufacturing, transportation, retail, real estate and financial institutions.
Takashi Hirose
Takashi Hirose
Takashi Hirose is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. Mr. Hirose has drafted and advised on intellectual property licensing, joint development agreements and other business contracts including international transactions. Mr. Hirose has also dealt with intellectual property related litigations in several fields including pharmaceuticals, mechanical engineering and consumer products.　In addition, Mr. Hirose has also dealt with forensic investigations and many complex litigations including high profile product liability cases and corporate litigations. Mr. Hirose teaches a business law course as a part-time lecturer of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Yuichi Oda
Yuichi Oda is a partner in the Competition and Antitrust/Consumer Protection practice of Oh-Ebashi's Tokyo office group. Mr. Oda provides counsel in all areas of competition law, such as government investigations, follow-on litigations, and mergers and acquisitions. He has substantial experience defending clients in cartel cases, including investigations by the JFTC and follow-on administrative/private litigations, abuse of bargaining power cases launched by the JFTC. He also has experience coordinating cartel matters and mergers and acquisitions in multiple jurisdictions, including the U.S., the European Union, Canada, Brazil, and Korea.
Takuyuki Sakurai
Takuyuki Sakurai
Takuyuki Sakurai is a partner in Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners. His practice areas comprise of Investment Fund, Financial Regulation, Banking, Derivatives, and Corporate & M&A. He is a standout practitioner in the team, with experience across fund management, private equity, venture capital, and financial regulation work, as well as cross-border investment fund transactions. Among its client base are prominent private equity/venture capital funds and other alternative investment managers.
Shigetoshi Hirano
Shigetoshi Hirano
Mr. Shigetoshi Hirano has been practicing law in a variety of fields since 1989. After he was dispatched by the firm to study in the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, he has specialized in intellectual property (IP) disputes representing Japanese and other foreign clients in Japanese courts and arbitration, as well as drafting licensing and franchising agreements. Mr. Hirano also has extensive experience in entertainment law, which is a combined field of copyright, trademark and intellectual property creation, and is derived from IP. In addition to his IP practice, Mr. Hirano has been involved in business transactions and international disputes between Japanese parties and foreign parties in the U.S., E.U, China, Korea, Middle East and many other countries. Mr. Hirano has also worked on many joint venture projects, which has helped clients expand their businesses into new territories. On several occasions, Mr. Hirano has assisted Japanese clients in the closure of their subsidiaries to restructure their chain of supply. Mr. Hirano believes lawyers should have broad experience and knowledge in order to lead their clients to fair and reasonable results, which is why he has tried to obtain a variety of experience, including learning about different cultures. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Hirano has been teaching Intellectual Property Law at Kyoto University Law School for the past 10 years and has been elected to important bar association positions, including as Vice President of the Osaka Bar Association.
Hirotake Tanaka
Hirotake Tanaka
Hirotake Tanaka focuses his practice on restructuring and bankruptcy. Since joining Oh-Ebashi in 2010, he has worked on a large number of bankruptcy cases, which spread across different fields including a land developer, golf course management company, medical group, public service company, transport company, food company etc. and his cases are almost all of extreme large scale involving debts of billion dollars. Furthermore, he is familiar with not only legal liquidation but also private arrangements. He has also succeeded in some complex cases such as the one transferred from civil rehabilitation proceedings to company reorganization proceedings via bankruptcy proceedings, the details of which are explained in his article “New Approach for the Use of Corporate Reorganization Proceedings”. In addition to the bankruptcy filed, he has dealt with M&A transaction cases and crisis management cases as his day-to-day legal practice. Based on his broad experiences and toughness, he has played significant roles in various cases.
Shunta Doki
Shunta Doki
Shunta Doki is a partner of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners in Japan, based in Osaka and Tokyo. He has studied law in three countries, Japan, the US and the Netherlands, and has worked in four international law firms in Tokyo, Osaka, New York and Amsterdam. He is familiar with US and European law as well as Japanese law. His main areas of practice are M&A, corporate litigation, environmental regulation and ESG matters. He works across a wide range of industries, but has a particular strength in renewable energy. He has written extensively and commented widely in the media on sustainability issues. He is a member of the Japan Association for Environmental Law and Policy and the Asian Society of International Law.