
Restructuring/Insolvency
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Provided by Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
Abe, Ikubo and Katayama has extensive expertise in corporate business restructuring and has successfully dealt with numerous large-scale and complex insolvency cases.
We have been involved in all facets of legal insolvency and restructuring procedures as counsel or court-appointed administrator for the petitioner company. (e.g. Japan Airlines, Sogo Department Store etc.)
In addition, we advise creditors, sponsors or funds and are involved in negotiation in a phase of business restructuring and bankruptcy.
Recently, some partiers of AIK focus on representing debtor companies and work as expert advisors for the Small & Medium Enterprises Revitalization Support Council to help numerous small and medium-sized companies throughout the nation with restructuring and business succession by utilizing various procedures available from the Support Council.
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Work Highlights
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Abe, Ikubo & Katayama represented WeWork Japan in its civil rehabilitation proceedings with JPY15.7 billion in liabilities.
Notable Practitioners
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Senior Statespeople Senior Statespeople Eiji Katayama
Eiji Katayama has a strong market presence in bankruptcy trustee work in Japan, often representing clients in corporate reorganisation and civil rehabilitation procedures.
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Members
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Junichi Kitahara

Hisashi Ito

Kazuyuki Taguchi

Hideto Sasaki

Hirofumi Kato

Isao Saiki

Gaku Iida

Toshiyasu Suzaki

Eiji Katayama
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