| Practice Areas |
| M&A, corporation law related issues such as shareholders meetings and corporate governance, Financial Instruments and Exchange Law related issues such as IPO (initial public offerings), POWL (public offerings without listing), continuous disclosure of listed companies, tax matters including tax litigation, structured finance and project finance including liquidation of real properties and various receivables and PFI (private finance initiatives), antitrust, intellectual property issues such as copyright law and unfair competition law. |
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| Practice |
| Mr. Yoshinori Aoyagi is an associate working primarily in the fields of M&A and Securities, with particular expertise in IPOs and POWLs of domestic and foreign companies. He has also been involved with various corporation law related issues including advice on shareholders meetings and corporate governance. His experience also includes tax and intellectual litigation as well as advising on issues related to antitrust and intellectual property. |
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Corporate Transaction |
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Financial Services & Transactions |
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Capital Markets |
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Structured Finance |
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Intellectual Property Law |
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Tax Law |
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| Publications/Lectures |
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"Introduction to International Contracts," JCA Journal, (November 2006) (co-author) |
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"Amendments to Regulations on Acquisition of Treasury Stocks," Business Houmu (November 2006) (co-author) |
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"Overview of New Regulation on Partnership," Junkan Keiri Joho, No. 1114 (April 20, 2006) |
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"How Should Statutory Auditors Understand Corporation Act (7) -Final Accounts Audit," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 512 (March 2006) (co-author) |
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"Countermeasures to Ministerial Ordinance from the Point of View of Auditors," lectured for the Japan Corporate Auditors Association (February 22, 2006) |
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"How Should Statutory Auditors Understand Corporation Act (5) - Extended Definition of Subsidiaries," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 509 (January 2006) (co-author) |
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"How Should Statutory Auditors Understand Corporation Act (2) - Statutory Auditors and Accounting Auditors," Gekkan Kansayaku, No. 505 (October 2005) (co-author) |
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Guide to Japan's New Corporation Act: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author) |
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"Merger Control Under the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan," (The asialaw Japan Review Vol. 1., No. 1, 2005) (co-author) |
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"New Corporate Governance in Japan," (Corporate Finance, 2004) |
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| Education |
| The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1998, LL.M., 2000); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2000-2001; graduate study, New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2008).) Currently training at Berwin Leighton Paisner, London (September 2008 - ). |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (2001) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
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Adjunct Lecturer, the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (April 2006 - March 2007)
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| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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