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Asia 40 Under 40 2023: Asian Legal Business
We are pleased to announce that Asian Legal Business (ALB) has selected Akira Iizuka as one of Asia’s 40 outstanding legal professionals under the age of 40 in its October 2023 issue, published by Thomson Reuters, Hong Kong.
Since joining Nishimura & Asahi, Akira has been involved in numerous corporate and M&A deals, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, capital and business alliances, joint ventures, and take-private transactions by PE funds. In particular, Akira has advised on many cross-border transactions. While seconded to ITOCHU Corporation in 2019-2020, Akira was involved in energy- and infrastructure-related transactions, and he has continued to advise on these transactions since his return.