Yoshimasa Dan

Partner

03-6888-1073
03-6888-3073

Practice Areas

M&A　 Corporate and Commercial Law　 Establishing a Business Presence in Japan　 Private Equity　 Financial Regulation　 Employment Law and Compliance　 Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution 　 IP Licensing and Transactions　 Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences 　 Merger Control　 Competition Compliance　 Commercial Litigation　 Financial and Securities Dispute Resolution　

Practice

Yoshimasa Dan is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and has been involved with various types of corporate transactions including international and domestic M&A matters. Mr. Dan frequently assists his clients which intend to do business in Japan from legal and strategic perspectives. Mr. Dan has also provided a wide range of legal services depending on clients' needs, including in the areas of corporate law, trade law, antitrust law, securities law, employment and labor law, contract law, tax law, etc.

Practice Groups

・Corporate Transaction
・Financial Services & Transactions

Publications/Lectures

・	"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (7) Partial Transfer Type Reorganization (Part 4)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1895 (April 2010) (co-author)
・	"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (6) Partial Transfer Type Reorganization (Part 3)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1893 (March 2010) (co-author)
・	"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (5) Partial Transfer Type Reorganization (Part 2)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1891 (February 2010) (co-author)
・	"Touchstone for Globalization - Examine M&A Strategies for domestic demand oriented companies," Participated as Panelist at a seminar organized by Nikkei (February 2010)
・	"M&A and Corporate Reorganization (4) Partial Transfer Type Reorganization (Part 1)," Junkan Shoji Houmu, No. 1889 (February 2010) (co-author)
・	"ANALYSIS Take Over Bid" (Shoji Homu 2009) (co-author)
・	"M&A Contracts," Lecture presented at a seminar organized by the Institute for Financial Affairs (January 2009)
・	"The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Corporate Governance 2008" (Japan chapter) (Global Legal Group Ltd, 2008) (co-author)
・	"Scheduling M&A Transactions," The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 1 Issue 4 (January 2006)
・	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)
・	Gatekeepers and Corporate Governance: Recent Developments in the United States and Japan, August 2005, Participated as Panelist on "Developments in Japan"

Education

Waseda University (LL.B., 1996); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1996-1998; Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., 2003). Associated with Carlsmith Ball LLP, Honolulu, June-August 2003; Hughes, Hubbard & Reed LLP, September 2003-June 2004.

Professional Admissions

・Japan (1998)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

・Japanese (first language)
・English