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Lecture by lawyers (for junior and senior high school students in Kakegawa-shi)
Masaru Shibahara, Takahiro Kato, Kazuki Takada, and Yukari Wagatsuma presented a lecture for junior and senior high school students entitled "What kind of work does a lawyer do? Current and future Legal issues in the world," sponsored by the Muraoka Foundation. The lecture was held at Kakegawa City Hall on October 19, 2024.
We hope that the students who attended this lecture were able to gain some insight into the legal profession and that it served as an opportunity for them to consider their future career paths.
People
Takahiro has been engaged in a wide variety of restructuring cases from out-of-court workouts to judicial bankruptcy proceedings. He has also handled disputes and litigations in relation to both bankruptcy cases and general corporate matters. In each case, his focus is on leading clients in the right direction and ultimately securing optimal solutions for them.
With two years of experience as a secondee to the credit division of one of Japan’s largest banks, he understands how creditors think and act when borrowers face insolvency situations.
He also spent three years in the U.S., attending law school for a year and working as a trainee at a U.S. law firm handling both litigation and M&A cases for two years. Utilizing this experience, he has advised clients in international M&A and other transactions.
Yukari WAGATSUMA
- Associate
- Tokyo
He has an extensive track record representing clients in over 80 corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy cases to date, playing an instrumental role in communicating with financial institutions on M&A, financing, and private liquidations from a multifaceted perspective. He is also known for his expertise in business succession cases involving a wide range of competing interests, such as drafting family charters, and handling litigation, leveraging his insights into industry conditions and economic circumstances surrounding his clients.