We advise the sponsors or buyers of companies in financial difficulty on the following matters: ・Strategic analysis on possible acquisition schemes ・Negotiation with the debtor, trustees and supervisors ・Due diligence and contract negotiations ・Withdrawal from investments
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Hiroki Sekibata focuses his practice on insolvency and restructuring matters. He has extensive experience advising clients in relation to corporate rehabilitations and restructurings, M&A, and corporate compliance. He also has experience in civil litigation as well as general civil law matters.

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.

Kazuaki Nagai is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, and has been principally involved in various finance matters such as M&A Finance, Mezzanine Finance, structured finance including securitization and PFI (private finance initiatives). Mr. Nagai also has experience in various fund matters including PE funds and corporate rehabilitation funds, bankruptcy related matters including business rehabilitation and filing of petition for bankruptcy related proceedings, and M&A matters such as reorganization including business transfer and mergers, and subscription and acquisitions of equities including classified shares, and other corporate financial transactions, and general commercial transactions. Mr. Nagai is further engaged in finance matters in relation to energy and natural resources.

Yukari Murayama advises clients on various legal aspects of corporate activities, ranging from M&As, establishment of a joint venture and contract negotiation, to day-to-day issues. In the area of business restructuring and insolvency, she has worked on all forms of restructuring and insolvency proceedings, including corporate reorganization, civil rehabilitation, bankruptcy and out-of-court workouts. Ms Murayama spent two years in the Supervisory Coordination Division of the Financial Services Agency, where she was involved in the supervision of non-bank financial institutions.

Hideo Tsukamoto is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and has engaged principally in the fields of M&A, corporate governance, commercial litigation, and general corporate matters.

Motoya Ishibashi has experience in asset management, investment trust, REITs and capital markets. He also advises matters regarding real estate and financial regulations.

Yasutaka Emoto advises foreign and domestic clients on M&A transactions in Japan, including acquisition of listed companies by means of Take-over Bid, cash out transactions and corporate restructurings. He also assists in cross-border M&A transactions, joint-venture transactions and other general corporate area.

Hideyuki Sakai is an of counsel at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and one of Japan's leading authorities in insolvency and financial restructuring. Prior to joining Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, he was managing partner of Bingham Sakai Mimura Aizawa, the joint enterprise established between Sakai & Mimura, which he founded in 1995, and a leading US law firm.
Mr. Sakai focuses on bankruptcy, workouts, civil rehabilitation and other proceedings involving insolvency procedures. He frequently represents financial institutions and large creditor groups in complex debt restructurings and international insolvency matters. He has also served as court-appointed trustee in high-profile cases and as mediator in out-of-court ADR proceedings.
Additionally, he has extensive experience in cross-border M&A, complex commercial litigation and crisis management.

ToshihiroHasegawa
Tokyo
Senior Associate
Tokyo
Senior Associate
Having handled mainly civil and administrative cases as a judge for more than 7 years, he is strong in litigation and other dispute resolution cases. He also has extensive experience in recent legal insolvency proceedings, having served as the chief judge in very large bankruptcy cases and civil rehabilitation cases in the 20th Civil Division of the Tokyo District Court, which is the center court for business rehabilitation and insolvency matters.

DaisukeFukada
Osaka
Senior Associate
Osaka
Senior Associate
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