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Kenji Hirooka

Kenji Hirooka

Partner
Tokyo Office
TEL:
81-3-6775-1149
FAX:
81-3-6775-2149

Kenji Hirooka has particular experience in cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, and corporate finance transactions. He supports clients for the success of clients’ businesses from various aspects including setting up a business, risk management, or resolving disputes. He also has experience in the areas of FinTech, and financial regulations and fund regulatory matters.

Hirooka Kenji
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Lectures Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

M&A
M&A/Business Restructuring Joint Ventures Business Alliances Venture Capital Private Equity/Funds Hostile Takeovers Cross-border M&A
Corporate
Corporate and Commercial Transactions Corporate Governance Shareholder Activism Corporate Disputes Support for Start-ups
Intellectual Property/TMT
IP Licensing and Transactions
Finance and Financial Institutions
Financial Technology (FinTech)
International Practice
Dispute Resolution
International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes Companies Act related Disputes

Topics

Achievements
Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Achievements
Apr 14, 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Books
Mar 2022
Startup Law

Practice Groups

  • Corporate Transaction Group
  • Asia and Emerging Countries Practice Group
  • Financial Services & Transactions Group
  • Life Sciences and Health Care Practice Group
  • Data Privacy & Digital Group

Background

1997 University of Tokyo Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Laws
2004 University of Southern California Law School, Master of Laws
2006 Cambridge University, Master of Business Administration

Publications

Startup Law CHUOKEIZAI-SHA
Mar 2022
Essential Points of Japan M&A Practice (Second Edition) Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.
Jun 2018
Essential Points of Japan M&A Practice Shoji Homu
May 2015

Lectures

Technology M&A: Transforming companies from the traditional to the new Mergermarket, AVCJ
Oct 20, 2020
Foreign technology investment - Israel's cutting-edge technologies and key issues with respect to investment contracts. Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Dec 4, 2019
Success factors of the cross-border M&A transactions in the EU Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Jul 4, 2019
Legal Profession and Diversity in the World, Including Japan and the United States ABA Section of International Law／Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Mar 4, 2019
Collaboration with Overseas Startups Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Feb 28, 2019
The Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice IBA／Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Feb 27, 2019
How will the Structure of Law Firms Change in the New Era? LAWASIA
Nov 3, 2018
The Emergence and Growth of Fintech in Asia - Comparative study of regulations in key jurisdictions ABA Section of International Law
Oct 18, 2018
Key Negotiation Points in Cross-Border M&A Contracts Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Mar 20, 22, 2018
East-West Cultural Clashes in Negotiations
Apr 23, 2016

Achievements

Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Apr 14, 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Apr 15, 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Apr 9, 2020
Best Lawyers 2021

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2000)
  • New York (2005)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association
  • American Bar Association Section of International Law, Tokyo City Chapter, Vice Chair, Co-Chair of Northeast Asia Committee
  • Assocation Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), Honorary member, former National Representative for Japan

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English