Yoshinori Aoyagi: Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Practice Areas

Key Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law　 Corporate Governance　 Establishing a Business Presence in Japan　 M&A　 Private Equity　 Project Finance/PFI 　 IP Licensing and Transactions　 Merger Control　 Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act　 Competition Compliance　 International Competition Practice　

Related Practice Areas
Corporate Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Investigations　 Venture Capital　 Capital Markets　 Acquisition Finance 　 IT and Telecommunications Law and Regulation　 JFTC Investigation / Proceedings, Leniency and Litigation　 Interplay of Intellectual Property and Competition Law　 Tax Litigation and Dispute Resolution　 Commercial Litigation　 Asia and Emerging Countries　

Practice

Mr. Yoshinori Aoyagi is a partner working primarily in the fields of M&A including cross border transactions. He has also been advising on various corporation law related issues including shareholders meetings and corporate governance. He has also been involved with antitrust issues including merger control and finance transactions including PFI.

Practice Groups

・Corporate Transaction
・Competition Law
・Financial Services & Transactions
・Tax Law

Publications/Lectures

・	"Corporate Governance in Various Countries (No. 8) - Philippines," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 596 (February 2012) (co-author)
・	Review of US & EU Competition Law Cases (Shoji Homu, March 2011)(co-author)
・	"Japan's 2010 Tax Reform and the Restructuring of Group Companies," Practical Asian Tax Strategies (October 2010, Volume 11 Number 10)(co-author)
・	"Japan's New Tax Reform Takes Effect: Changes Significantly Reduce Foreign Affiliates Subject to Anti-Tax Haven Rules," Practical Asian Tax Strategies (April 2010, Volume 11 Number 4)(co-author)
・	"Three pricing precedents," The 2010 Guide to Japan 8th Edition (Edited by IFLR) (February 2010) (co-author)
・	"Amendments to Regulations on Acquisition of Treasury Stocks," Business Houmu (November 2006) (co-author)
・	"Overview of New Regulation on Partnership," Junkan Keiri Joho, No. 1114 (April 20, 2006)
・	"How Should Statutory Auditors Understand Corporation Act (7) -Final Accounts Audit," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 512 (March 2006) (co-author)
・	"Countermeasures to Ministerial Ordinance from the Point of View of Auditors," lectured for the Japan Corporate Auditors Association (February 22, 2006)
・	"How Should Statutory Auditors Understand Corporation Act (5) - Extended Definition of Subsidiaries," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 509 (January 2006) (co-author)
・	"How Should Statutory Auditors Understand Corporation Act (2) - Statutory Auditors and Accounting Auditors," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 505 (October 2005) (co-author)
・	Guide to Japan's New Corporation Act: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author)
・	"Merger Control Under the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan," (The asialaw Japan Review Vol. 1., No. 1, 2005) (co-author)
・	"New Corporate Governance in Japan," (Corporate Finance, 2004)

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1998, LL.M., 2000); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2000-2001; New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2008). Associated with Berwin Leighton Paisner, London, November 2008 - May 2009.

Professional Admissions

・Japan (2001)
・New York (2009)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
・Adjunct Lecturer, the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (April 2006 - March 2007)
・New York State Bar Association

Languages

・Japanese (first language)
・English