Bird & Bird

Corporate

Hiro is the office Managing Partner of Bird & Bird Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Houritsu Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho and a corporate/commercial partner.

Hiro advises clients on cross-border corporate matters such as M&A, JV and FDI in a variety of sectors, notably across technology and communications, energy and utilities, media and entertainment and automotive. In particular, he has a lot of experience in supporting Japanese companies in the UK and Europe on their day-to-day legal issues as well (e.g. compliance, employment, commercial contracts).

Hiro has extensive experience in providing legal advice to Japanese companies on cross-border matters including M&A transactions, joint ventures, foreign direct investment and the establishment of subsidiaries, including manufacturing facilities.

Hiro also provides a wide range of day-to-day legal advice to Japanese clients, including general contract reviews, compliance advice (data protection, anti-bribery, competition, and regulatory matters), corporate reorganisations, dispute resolutions (arbitration and litigation), employment matters, real estate transactions, and advice on administrations/liquidations and withdrawals of businesses.

Hiro also advises on English law matters for Japanese clients in other jurisdictions, including India, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Japanese, English

Admissions England and Wales (2005) New York (2004) New Jersey (2003)

Studied Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. BA in International Economics Brooklyn Law School, NY, USA. JD (Hons) University of Oxford. PGDip in Intellectual Property Law and Practice