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Kanako Watanabe

Kanako Watanabe

Partner
Tokyo Office
TEL:
81-3-6775-1196
FAX:
81-3-6775-2196

Kanako Watanabe is working for various corporate matters in Japan and overseas with a focus on domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases, corporate and commercial transactions and M&A cases. She is also well experienced in government investigations and crisis management cases.

Watanabe Kanako
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Lectures Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Restructuring/Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Corporate
Corporate and Commercial Transactions Corporate Governance
M&A
M&A/Business Restructuring Cross-border M&A Joint Ventures Business Alliances
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
Dispute Resolution

Topics

Articles
Jul 2022
Practical tips for the withdrawal of foreign companies from Japan
External Seminars
May 28, 2022
Corporate Turnarounds in the U.S., Europe, and Singapore – Analysis of Overseas Trends with Particular Focus on Debt Governance
Articles
Apr 2022
Key Developments and Latest Trends in Japan

Practice Groups

  • ・Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Group
  • ・Corporate Transaction Group
  • ・Corporate Crisis Management Practice Group
  • ・Financial Services & Transactions Group

Background

Mar 2004 Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan (Bachelor of Social Sciences)
Mar 2007 Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Law (Juris Doctor)
2007 - 2008 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Apr 2015 Graduate study, University of Virginia (LL.M.)
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017 Associated with Mayer Brown LLP, New York

Publications

Practical tips for the withdrawal of foreign companies from Japan Turnaround & Credit Management No.177 (Summer issue 2022)
Jul 2022
Key Developments and Latest Trends in Japan The International Insolvency & Restructuring Review 2022/23
Apr 2022
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nov 2021
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fourth Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2019
Recent Enhancement in Protection of Trade Creditor Claims in Japan – Amendments to the Industrial Competitive Enhancement Act INSOL World First Quarter 2019
Apr 2019
U.S. Contracts: Basic Principles and Practice DAI-ICHI HOKI CO.,LTD.
Jun 2018
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Third Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2017
U.S. Contracts: Basic Principles and Practice LexisNexis Japan Co., Ltd.
Oct 2016
#7 How to Mitigate Risks of FCPA Violation Lexis AS ONE
Feb 2016
Annotations on the Civil Rehabilitation Act (third edition) KOUBUNDOU Publishers Inc.
Mar 2013
Q&A and Forms; Dismissal and Retirement SHOJIHOMU.,Ltd.
Feb 2013

Lectures

Corporate Turnarounds in the U.S., Europe, and Singapore – Analysis of Overseas Trends with Particular Focus on Debt Governance Japanese Association for Business Recovery (JABR)
May 28, 2022

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2008)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English