Michi Yamagami Title: Partner E-mail: Phone: 81-3-6888-1081 Fax: 81-3-6888-3081

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Transactions, and General Corporate Advice (Corporation Law and Intellectual Property Law).

Practice

Michi Yamagami specializes in the area of mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Yamagami advises foreign and domestic clients on the acquisition of listed and private companies in Japan. He also assists clients in various types of financial transactions as well as general corporate advice.

Practice Groups
	Corporate Transaction
	China Practice

Publications/Lectures

Books

	New Corporation Law and Finance Practice (Extra Number of Ginko Homu 21, September 2005) (co-editor & co-author)
	Guide to Japan's New Corporation Law: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., August, 2005) (co-author)
	Case Commentary on Secondment, Employment Transfer, Retirement and Dismissal (Dai-ichi Hoki, Publishers, 2002) (co-author)

Articles

	"Issues Relating to the Introduction and Abolishment of the Advance Warning Type of Takeover Defense Measure," Junkan Keirijouhou, No. 1185 (June 2008)
	"Triangular Merger and Disclosure Regulations - Enhancement of Prior Disclosure Items - ,”Business Jitsumu (September 2007) (co-author)
	"Directors' Liability and Shareholders' Derivative Lawsuits," The Financial Business Review, No. 250 Spring Issue (2007)
	"Intellectual Property Rights in M&A Transactions," The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 2 Issue 2 (October 2006) (Japanese and English) (co-author)
	"How Should Corporate Auditors Understand Corporation Law (8) -Countermeasures for Ordinary General Meetings of Shareholders," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 513 (May 2006) (co-author)
	"Corporate Governance and Compliance For a New Era, No. 10 "Disclosure System under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law,"" Lexis Kigyo Homu （October 2006）
	"Corporate Governance and Compliance For a New Era, No. 9 "Information Disclosure under the Corporation Law,"" Lexis Kigyo Homu （September 2006）
	"Corporate Governance and Compliance For a New Era, No. 3 "Directors' Responsibilities Under New Corporation Law and Revised Points of Derivative Actions,"" Lexis Kigyo Homu （March 2006）
	"Formation of Internal Control System by Corporation Law," Junkan Shoji Homu, No. 1760 (March 2006) (co-author)
	"How Should Corporate Auditors Understand Corporation Law (6) -Internal Control System," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 510 (February 2006) (co-author)
	"How Should Corporate Auditors Understand Corporation Law (4) -Deregulation on Formation of Corporate Organization," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 507 (December 2005) (co-author)
	"How Should Corporate Auditors Understand Corporation Law (1) - Auditors and Collegial System," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 504 (September 2005) (co-author)

Lectures

	"Management and Governance under MBO," lectured at the seminars held by Nikkei (November 2008)
	"Intellectual Property Rights in M&A Transactions," lectured at the seminars held by Management Training Center (May and December 2006)
	"Countermeasures to Ministerial Ordinance of the Ministry of Justice from the Point of View of Auditors," lectured for the Japan Corporate Auditors Association (February 27, 2006)
	"Consumer Finance Business," Lecture (2001)
	"Stock Options for Venture Business," Lecture (2000)

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1997); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1997-1999; graduate study, University of Southern California Law School (LL.M., 2003); Chinese language training, Beijing University, 2004-2005. Associated with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, 2003-2004; Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Beijing Office, 2004-2005.

Professional Admissions
	Japan (1999)
	New York (2005)

Professional and Academic Associations
	Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
	New York State Bar Association

Languages
	Japanese (first language)
	English
	Chinese (Mandarin)