Kenichi Masuda
Partner- 81-3-6888-1043
- 81-3-6888-3043
Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law
Corporate Governance
M&A
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Acquisition Finance
Employment Law and Compliance
Commercial Litigation
Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution
Real Estate Transactions
IP Licensing and Transactions
Merger Control
India
Asia and Emerging Countries
US
EU
Other Jurisdiction
Practice
Kenichi Masuda has represented many local and foreign clients in a broad spectrum of businesses and industries. He has extensive experience in advising foreign clients and is familiar with cross-border issues. In particular, he regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions of listed and unlisted businesses (including, but not limited to, share acquisitions and divestments and business acquisitions and divestments for foreign clients where the target is a Japanese company or business), joint ventures and other cross-border investments, and corporate restructurings. His scope of experience also includes assisting and representing venture companies in various aspects including start-up, equity finance and initial public offerings, as well as establishing venture capital or other private equity funds, advising venture or other private equity funds on investments in Japanese businesses including high-tech businesses as well as distressed companies. He regularly provides legal services on employment and labor union relations (including representation of client companies at the court and other dispute resolution forum), real property transactions, intellectual property issues, general corporate matters (including corporate governance and compliance issues for listed companies) and commercial matters.
Mr. Masuda served as a Committee Member for two committees organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the purpose of stimulating venture business and investments into the venture business in Japan: the Committee for Improving the Business Environment for Private Equity Finance in Japan in 2000, which developed proposals for revisions to the Japanese corporate law, and the Committee for Examining Desirable Disclosure Systems of the Venture Business in Japan in 2001, which developed proposals for revisions to the Japanese Securities Exchange Law.
Mr. Masuda also taught M&A as an adjunct lecturer at the Graduate School for Law and Politics of The University of Tokyo (2011-2013).
Mr. Masuda served as a Committee Member for two committees organized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for the purpose of stimulating venture business and investments into the venture business in Japan: the Committee for Improving the Business Environment for Private Equity Finance in Japan in 2000, which developed proposals for revisions to the Japanese corporate law, and the Committee for Examining Desirable Disclosure Systems of the Venture Business in Japan in 2001, which developed proposals for revisions to the Japanese Securities Exchange Law.
Mr. Masuda also taught M&A as an adjunct lecturer at the Graduate School for Law and Politics of The University of Tokyo (2011-2013).
Practice Groups
・Corporate Transactions
・Labor Law
・Labor Law
Publications/Lectures
| ・ | "Unfair Stock Issuance," Jurist Special Edition ("Selected Court Cases with Comments Oriented for Practioners - M&A /Corporate Reorganization") (May 2013) |
| ・ | "Q&A: Strategies for Corporate Law Practice in Asia and Emerging Countries" (Shoji Homu, 2013) (co-author) |
| ・ | "Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice" (LexisNexis Hong Kong, 2012) (co-author) |
| ・ | "Latest M&A practice" (Nippon Jitsugyo Publishing, 2012)(co-author) |
| ・ | 3rd Asia Pacific Regional Forum Conference, participated as a speaker in "Cross-border mergers, acquisitions and investments in Asia: trends and opportunities in Southeast Asia" (International Bar Association, 2012) |
| ・ | "Appointments of outside directors in financial institution," Financial Law Journal (No.1955)(co-author) |
| ・ | "Comprehensive Training Course on Occupational Ability of the Legal Representative (Exercise Course)" (Lecture No.8: Corporate Law Practice) Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Shoji Homu (September 2012) |
| ・ | "Comprehensive Training Course on Occupational Ability of the Legal Representative" (Lecture No.2: Corporate Law I, Lecture No.3: Corporate Law II) Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Shoji Homu (September 2011) |
| ・ | "Comprehensive Training Course on Occupational Ability of the Legal Representative" (Lecture No.3: Basic Knowledge of Corporate Law) Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Shoji Homu (July 2010) |
| ・ | "ANALYSIS Take Over Bid" (Shoji Homu, 2009) (co-author) |
| ・ | "Japanese Business Law and Practice" (Anderson Mori and Tomotsune, Law Press China, May 2009) |
| ・ | "Comprehensive Training Course on Occupational Ability of the Legal Representative" (Lecture No.4: Corporate Law I [Stock, Organization, Account], Lecture No.12: Corporate Law II [Organizational Restructuring, M&A]) Lecture presented at a seminar organized by Shoji Homu (September, October 2008) |
| ・ | 7th Annual International Mergers and Acquisitions Conference, participated as a speaker in "Hot topics in Shareholder Activism" (International Bar Association, 2008) |
| ・ | New Business Law, Kobundo, (co-author) (December 2006) |
| ・ | "Competition After Retirement and Retirement Allowance," Journal of Management Lawyers, Vol. 118 |
Education
| ・ | Tokyo University (LL.B., 1986) |
| ・ | University of Chicago (LL.M., 1992) |
| ・ | Trained at law firms in the United States |
Professional Admissions
| ・ | Japan (1988) |
| ・ | New York (1993) |
Professional and Academic Associations
・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・Inter Pacific Bar Association
・Visiting Professor, Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo (April 2009 - March 2010)
・Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo (April 2011 - March 2013)
・Inter Pacific Bar Association
・Visiting Professor, Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo (April 2009 - March 2010)
・Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo (April 2011 - March 2013)
Languages
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・English
