Yo Ota
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+81 3 6250 6200Share profile
Band 3
About
Provided by Yo Ota
Practice Areas
Corporate & Commercial Transactions, M&A, Defense against Hostile Takeover/Shareholder Activism, Compliance, Startups & Venture Capital, Capital Markets, International Taxation, Civil Disputes Arising from Corporate Scandals, Telecommunications & Media, Corporate Crisis Management, Tax Counseling, Tax Disputes
Career
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi; Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo (2013-2016); Outside Director, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (2016-); Outside Corporate Auditor, Ricoh Company Ltd. (2017-); Outside Corporate Auditor, Z Financial Corporation (2019-).
Professional Memberships
Admitted: Japan (1993); New York (2001).
Publications
"Getting the Deal Through - Shareholder Activism & Engagement 2023 (Japan Chapter)" (Law Business Research, 2023).
Languages Spoken
Japanese, English
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Japan, US
Education
the University of Tokyo
LLB
1991
Harvard Law School
LLM
2000
Awards
Corporate/M&A, Tax: Leading Individual
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
2024
JAPAN LEADING LAWYERS: Capital markets, M&A
IFLR1000 Japan 2023
2023
Corporate/M&A, Tax: Leading Individual
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023
2023
JAPAN LEADING LAWYERS: Capital markets, M&A
IFLR1000 2022-23
2022
M&A Deal of the Year
ALB Japan Law Awards 2022
2022
Corporate/M&A: Domestic: Leading Individual
Chambers Global 2022
2022
Corporate/M&A, Tax: Leading Individual
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022
2022
M&A: Japan
Client Choice Awards 2021
2021
JAPAN LEADING LAWYERS: Capital markets, M&A
IFLR1000 2021-22
2021
Moving the market forward: Commended
FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Asia-Pacific 2021
2021
Corporate/M&A: Domestic: Leading Individual
Chambers Global 2021
2021
Corporate/M&A, Tax: Leading Individual
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021
2021
JAPAN LEADING LAWYERS: Capital markets, M&A
IFLR1000 2021
2021
Corporate/M&A: Domestic: Leading Individual
Chambers Global 2020
2020
Corporate/M&A, Tax: Leading Individual
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020
2020
Dealmaker of the Year
ALB Japan Law Awards 2020
2020
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