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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 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

Books
Nov 2021
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition
Books
Sep 2019
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fourth Edition
Articles
Apr 2019
Recent Enhancement in Protection of Trade Creditor Claims in Japan – Amendments to the Industrial Competitive Enhancement Act

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

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

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2008)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English