Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Takeshi Watanabe

Partner
  1. 81-3-6888-1052
  2. 81-3-6888-3052
Key Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law  Establishing a Business Presence in Japan  M&A  Corporate Governance  Crisis Management/Corporate Compliance/Anti-Corruption and Investigations  Merger Control  Commercial Litigation  Acquisition Finance   Financial Regulation  Venture Capital  Private Equity  Real Estate Transactions  China 
Related Practice Areas
Capital Markets  Banking  Structured Finance   Insurance  Real Estate Investment/Securitization  IP Licensing and Transactions  Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences   JFTC Investigation / Proceedings, Leniency and Litigation  Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act  Interplay of Intellectual Property and Competition Law  Competition Compliance  International Competition Practice  Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution  India  Asia and Emerging Countries  US  EU  Other Jurisdiction 
Takeshi Watanabe is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and is engaged principally in the fields of corporate and commercial law and Chinese law, with an emphasis on M&A and corporate governance. He has represented foreign investors in various large-scale M&A transactions and advised in relation to various corporate restructurings of listed companies. He is also involved in M&A related financing transactions and is well versed in Securities Law and other Financial Services Laws. He regularly provides legal services on general corporate matters to various clients including operating companies and financial institutions.
In addition to his professional experience at our firm, he has worked for a branch of a Japanese bank in the People's Republic of China. He actively handles legal matters on behalf of clients based in Japan that are interested in entering into business ventures in China.
・Corporate Transactions
・Financial Services & Transactions
・China Practice
Publications
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Corporate Governance 2002-2011 (Japan Chapter), Law Business Research Limited
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ANALYSIS Take Over Bid (Shoji Homu 2009) (co-author)
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Mergers & Acquisitions 2001-2006 (Japan Chapter), Law Business Research Limited
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Guide to Japan's New Corporation Law: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author)
Articles
・"Merger, Share-Split, Share Exchange and Share Transfer Under New Corporation Law," Jiyu to Seighi, September 2005
・"New Corporate Governance in Japan," Corporate Finance
・"Several Issues Concerning Debt-Equity-Swaps," Kinyu Homu Jijyo, No. 1700
・"Amendments to Land Control Law in China," Kokusai Shoji Homu, Vol. 26, No.11
Lectures
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Lecture for K.K. Shoji Homu "Intensive Course - Overview of New Corporation Law, (III) Reorganization"
・Lecture for Japan Institute for Overseas Investment, "DES and Classified Stock - DEBT RESTRUCTURING IN JAPAN"
・Lecture for Chinese Embassy, "How to Create Security Interest in Japan to Secure Accounts Receivable"
・Lecture for Japan Forum, "Debt Collection in China"
・Lecture for International Commercial Arbitration Association, "Investment in China, Dispute Prevention and Dispute Resolution"
・Lecture for Seminar on Chinese and Japanese Civil and Commercial Laws, "Responsibility of Directors in Japan"
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1990); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1990-1992; graduate study, University of Chicago (LL.M., 1996); language training, Beijing Language and Cultural University, 1996-1997; trained at a branch of a Japanese bank in the People's Republic of China, 1996-1997.
・Japan (1992)
・New York (1997)
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・Chinese (Mandarin)