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Tomohiro Okawa

Tomohiro Okawa

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Restructuring/Insolvency, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Finance and Banking.

Career

Mr. Tomohiro Okawa has been mainly involved in cross-border transactions by leveraging a variety of deal experiences, such as business reorganization and insolvency, banking, and M&A. In particular, he has a wealth of experience in helping distressed companies as debtor’s counsel, whether in-court or out-of-court, including handling distressed M&A and DIP financing.

Professional Memberships

Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals,

All Japan Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Network,

INSOL International (INSOL Fellow),

International Insolvency Institute NextGen,

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Insolvency law study group, and

Business Rehabilitation Research Organization.

Publications

Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Distressed M&A 2022 Japan (Co-author), Law Business Research Ltd, 2022

The Insolvency Review Edition 9 JAPAN, Law Business Research Ltd, 2021

The Insolvency Review Edition 8 JAPAN (Co-author), Law Business Research Ltd, 2020

Münchener Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung Band 4: EuInsVO 2015, Art. 102a-102c EGInsO, Länderberichte -Japan (Co-author), Verlag C.H.Beck, 2019

Personal

Waseda University (2001, LL.B.) 

Hitotsubashi University Law School (2007, J.D.) 

Columbia Law School (2014, LL.M.)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Restructuring/Insolvency - Japan

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Tomohiro Okawa is developing a stellar reputation for handling cross-border restructuring and insolvency mandates in the Japanese market, with particular expertise in Chapter 11 proceedings.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of business revitalisation and has particularly excellent skills in coordination with stakeholders.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Asia & Pacific
  • Tomohiro has extensive experience in restructuring global companies and can provide appropriate advice in a timely manner, even for complex multijurisdictional restructuring.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Asia & Pacific

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