Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
F

Foreign Expert

Corporate/M&A

USA

1 Years Ranked

Expertise Based Abroad

Corporate/M&A

Japan

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Ryo Okubo

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Practice Areas

Ryo Okubo's main areas of practice are M&A, private equity, acquisition finance, economic securities, and space law. He has extensive experience in cross-border transactions between U.S. and Japan.

Career

Ryo Okubo graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 1999 and with an LL.M. from The University of Chicago Law School in 2006. He worked at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston and New York from 2006 to 2008. He was a part-time lecturer (civil law) at the legal department of the University of Tokyo from 2014 to 2015. He has been a Co-head of New York Office of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu since 2017.

Professional Memberships

Officer, International Bar Association

Clients

Bain Capital, Blackstone

Work Highlights

Going private of AVX by Kyocera

Acquisition of Toshiba Memory (now Kioxia) by Bain Capital

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Japan and US

Languages Spoken

Japanese and English

Awards

leading individual in TMT in Japan

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

2024

6th in the Best Performing Lawyer in Economic Securities/International Trade

Nikkei Newspaper

2024

6th in the Best Performing Lawyer in M&A

Nikkei Newspaper

2023

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Corporate/M&A - Japan

Japan expertise based abroad
Individual Editorial

Ryo Okubo is co-head of Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu's New York office and frequently advises on cross-border transactions between Japan and the USA.


Corporate/M&A - USA

F
Foreign expert in Japan
Individual Editorial

Ryo Okubo serves as head of the firm's New York office. He specializes in advising on M&A transactions involving US and Japanese entities.

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Ryo Okubo

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Uchu Takehara
Yu Takahashi
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Ryo Okubo, Uchu Takehara, Yu Takahashi
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Global Practice Guide
Ryo Okubo
Uchu Takehara
Naoto Obara
Yu Takahashi
Authored by
Ryo Okubo, Uchu Takehara, Naoto Obara, Yu Takahashi
Article • Jun 2024

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