Kenji Hirooka
Partner
- 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.

Practice Areas
Topics
Apr 20, 2023
Apr 14, 2022
Mar 2022
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 |
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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
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
Apr 23, 2016
Achievements
Apr 20, 2023
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 9, 2020
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