Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Takashi Toichi

Partner
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Key Practice Areas
M&A  Private Equity  Venture Capital  Corporate and Commercial Law  Establishing a Business Presence in Japan  Corporate Governance  US  EU  Other Jurisdiction  Asia and Emerging Countries 
Related Practice Areas
Crisis Management/Corporate Compliance/Anti-Corruption and Investigations  Acquisition Finance   Merger Control  Employment Law and Compliance  Real Estate Transactions  IP Licensing and Transactions  Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences   IT and Telecommunications Law and Regulation  Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act  Energy and Natural Resources  Commercial Litigation  International Litigation and Arbitration  Bankruptcy and Insolvency /Restructuring  China  India  Estate and Business Succession Dispute Resolution 
Takashi specializes in Mergers and Acquisitions (Public and Private Transactions: Domestic and Cross Border Transactions), Restructuring, Private Equity, and related financial transactions. He also provides advice to variety of clients on various general corporate matters, especially the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. From his experience studying abroad, he has a deep understanding of international finance and accounting issues relating to M&A and private equity.
・Corporate Transactions
Publications
"Thailand as one of the critical site in the ASEAN region," The Lawyers (March 2012)
"The Corporate Governance in Emerging Countries - Thailand" Gekkan Kansayaku, Vol.591 (November 2011) (co-author)
"Recent Trends of Going Private Transactions and Effects to Practice of Buy-out," Japan Buy-out Market Review 2011 (October 2011) (co-author)
"How to Handle Violations of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act - with focus on false disclosure and insider trading" (Shoji Homu 2011) (co-author)
"Legal Points for corporate restructuring by the Amendment of the Act on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization," Junkan Keiri Joho No.1287 (July 2011) (co-author)
"Examination of the Tokyo District Court decision regarding Rex Holdings damage compensation case," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1937 (July 2011)
"Categories of those entitled to Appraisal Right," Five Years from Enforcement of the Companies Act: Current Aspects and Remaining Issues from a Theoretical and Practical Perspective, (Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd, 2011)(co-author)
"Impact on future MBO practice guided by the Tokyo High Court decision on CYBIRD case," Business Homu (March 2011)
"Obligation to provide information regarding Syndicated Loan ~The responsibility of an arranger, from the view of the Nagoya District Court," Financial Compliance (December 2010)
"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (10) Appraisal right by Oppsoing Shareholders (Part3)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1903 (July 2010)(co-author)
"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (9) Appraisal right by Oppsoing Shareholders (Part2)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1900 (June 2010)(co-author)
"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (8) Appraisal right by Oppsoing Shareholders (Part1)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1898 (May 2010)(co-author)
"Impact on appraisal right affected by fair MBO and opposing shareholders
 Fair price guided by MBO precedents," Business Homu (April 2010)
"Law and Finance of Venture Companies in Japan" (Shoji Homu 2009) (co-author)
"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (1) Overview of Corporate Reorganization utilized in M&A," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1884 (December 2009) (co-author)
"Examination of the Osaka High Court Decision for Sunstar Case," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1881 (November 2009)
"Examination of the Osaka High Court Decision for Sunstar Case," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1880 (November 2009)
"Supreme Court Decision for Rex Holdings Case and its impact on Management Buyout practice - Based on District Court and High Court Decisions," Kinyu Shoji Hanrei, No. 1326 (October 2009)
"Supreme Court Decision for Rex Holdings Case and its impact on Management Buyout practice - Based on District Court and High Court Decisions," Kinyu Shoji Hanrei, No. 1325 (October 2009)
"ANALYSIS Take Over Bid" (Shoji Homu 2009) (co-author)
"Latest M&A Precedents and Practices" (Hanrei Times Co., Ltd., July 2009) (co-author)
"Enhancing Corporate Capital Strength by Public Funding - "Amendment of the Act on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization"," Business Homu (August 2009) (co-author)
"Japanese Business Law and Practice" (Anderson Mori and Tomotsune, Law Press China, May 2009)
"Syndicated Loan Operations and Covenants Management in Local Financial Institutions," Financial Compliance (June 2009) (co-author)
"Activities of Bank in M&A Transactions and its Compliance Issues," Financial Compliance (March 2009) (co-author)
"Paperless share system and M&A," The IFLR Guide to Japan 2009 (December 2008) (co-author)
"Compliance Issues concerning Management Buyout," Financial Compliance (September 2008)
"Avoidance or Reduction of Conflicts of Interest in Management Buyout," Hanrei Times, No. 1259 (March 2008)
"Shareholder's Right in Management Buyout," Kinyu Shoji Hanrei, No. 1282 (January 2008) (co-author)
"Duty of disclosure concerning organizational restructuring under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and its impact on M&A transaction," Lexis Kigyo Homu, No. 21 (September 2007)
"Triangular Merger and Disclosure Regulations - Enhancement of Prior Disclosure Items - ,”Business Homu (September 2007) (co-author)
"Industrial Revitalization Law - Innovation Type M&A and Promotion of Utilization of Intellectual Property ,”Business Jitsumu (July 2007)
"The Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and Hostile Takeovers ," The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 2 Issue 4 (April 2007)
"New Take Over Bid Regulations and Management Buy Out," Lexis Kigyo Homu, No. 14 (February 2007)
"Duty of care of directors in ordinary and emergency situations," Business Homu (December 2006) (co-author)
"Consideration concerning Practical and Legal Issues relating to PFI (24)," PFI News No. 72 (November 25, 2003)
"Major Legal Issues Concerning Securitization of Real Estate Assets in Japan," Asian Legal Business (November 2003) (co-author)
"A New Environment for Corporate Restructuring," Asia Law, (July/August 2003) (co-author)
Lectures
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Japanese, Introductory)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Financial Management Forums, Inc (April 2012)
"How to Handle Corporate scandals - with focus on false disclosure regarding securities report and insider trading," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by FN Holdings Co.,Ltd. (March 2012)
"Interim Proposal Concerning Revision of Companies Act (Corporate Governance, Parent-subsidiary Companies, Corporate Reorganization) and its impact to the practice," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (February 2012)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Japanese, Advanced)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (November 2011)
"Current legal developments," Panel discussion lectured at the International Bar Association ("IBA") Annual Conference 2011 (Dubai), participated as a panelist (November 2011)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Advanced)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (January 2011)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Introductory)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (November 2010)
"Practical Appraisal Rights in Corporate Reorganization ~based on recent court cases~," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (September 2010)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Advanced)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (May 2010)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Introductory)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (April 2010)
"Precedents and Practice regarding the Petition for Opposing Shareholder's Appraisal Right and Pricing - Based on the Supreme Court Decision for Rex Holdings Case," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (January 2010)
"Legal Affairs and Practice of Business Reconstruction - Examining Legal Issues Accompanied with "Selection and Concentration"," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Shoji Houmu (December 2009)
"Latest M&A Practice from Court Cases II - Shareholder's Rights and Valuation of Shares," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (November 2009)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Advanced)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (October 2009)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Introductory)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (July 2009)
"Precedents and Practice regarding the Petition for Appraisal Right and Pricing - Based on the Supreme Court Decision for Rex Holdings Case," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (July 2009)
"Recent Laws regarding the Petition for Appraisal Right and Pricing - Based on Recent Court Precedents and Legal Practice," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Stock Research (June 2009)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Advanced)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (May 2009)
"Insider Trading Restrictions and Measures to be Taken by Enterprises," Participated as a panelist, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Corporate Transactions Seminar (May 2009)
"Recent Movements of Insider Trading Restrictions," Lecture presented at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Corporate Transactions Seminar (May 2009)
"Practical Issues concerning M&A Transaction," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Facsimile Newspaper / FN Communications (March 2009)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Introductory)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Management Forums, Inc. (March 2009)
"Incentive effects and derivation effects of Doctrine of Abuse of Rights of Dismissal (Kaiko-ken ranyo houri)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by RIETI (February 2009)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Advanced)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (December 2008)
"Latest Legal Practice ofthe Management Buyout ("MBO") after the MBO guideline," Lecture presented at a seminar "Search for the Widespreadness and Meaning of MBO under the MBO Strategy" organized by Nikkei Inc. (November 2008)
"Various Contracts for M&A Transaction (Introductory)," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (November 2008)
"Practical Issues and Information Control regarding Insider Trading," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (October 2008)
"Acquiring regulated investments in Asia and the Pacific - overcoming the regulatory hurdles and controlling your JV partners," Panel discussion lectured at the International Bar Association ("IBA") Annual Conference 2008 (Buenos Aires), participated as a panelist (October 2008)
"Practical Issues concerning Insider Trading Regulation," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Stock Research (August 2008)
"Recent Development and Practice of Public Company M&A in Japan," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (July 2008)
"Legal Affairs and Contracts Under the M&A Transaction," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (July 2008)
"M&A Practice under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law," Lectured at the ALB In-House Legal Summit Tokyo 2008 (May 2008)
"M&A Practice Under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (April 2008)
"M&A Practice Under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (March 2008)
"Legal issues concerning Management Buyout ("MBO") - Based on MBO guideline and the most recent legal practice," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Financial Facsimile Newspaper (December 2007)
"Practical Issues in the Take Over Bid System: Recent Trends and Cases." Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Stock Research Ltd. (June 2007)
"Are You Coming?: Changes to Japanese Corporate Laws Welcoming to Foreign Companies," lectured at the ALB In-House Legal Summit Beijing 2006 (November 2006)

Keio University (LL.B., 1998); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1998-2000; Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 2005) (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar); London Business School (MSc. in Finance (Masters in Finance), 2006).
Japan (2000)
New York (2006)
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・New York State Bar Association
・Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Seikei University (April 2010 - March 2012)
・Japanese (first language)
・English