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| Mr. Osamu Hirakawa is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, whose practice includes general corporate matters with an emphasis on M&A and financing transactions. Mr. Hirakawa is experienced in assisting multinational companies, both overseas and Japanese. He has assisted in a number of global offerings, including multiple U.K. prioritization offerings and complex TOB (tender offer bid) transactions such as Vodafone's Japan Telecom acquisition and Ripplewood's acquisition of the former Long Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) (presently Shinsei Bank). |
| Publications/Lectures |
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Japan Corporate Civil Liberties Declaration (co-author) (1991) |
| Education |
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Tokyo University (LL.B., 1976) |
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University of Washington (LL.M., 1977) |
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Trained at a law firm in the United States |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (1973) |
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New York (1979) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
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American Bar Association |
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Japan Civil Liberties Union |
| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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