Osamu Hirakawa

M&A  Capital Markets  Asset Management and Investment Funds  IT and Telecommunications Law and Regulation  Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution 

Mr. Osamu Hirakawa is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, whose practice includes general corporate matters with an emphasis on M&A and financing transactions. Mr. Hirakawa is experienced in assisting multinational companies, both overseas and Japanese. He has assisted in a number of global offerings, including multiple U.K. prioritization offerings and complex TOB (tender offer bid) transactions such as Vodafone's Japan Telecom acquisition and Ripplewood's acquisition of the former Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) (presently Shinsei Bank).

 ・"The Emergence and Evolution of Law Firms in Japan" (Shoji Houmu 2011) (co-author)
 ・"Japan Corporate Civil Liberties Declaration" (Diamond 1991) (co-author)

・Tokyo University (LL.B., 1976)
・University of Washington (LL.M., 1977)
・Trained at a law firm in the United States

・Japan (1973)
・New York (1979)

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・International Bar Association
・Japan Civil Liberties Union

・Japanese (first language)
・English