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小林 咲花
小林 咲花

Sakka KOBAYASHI

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

Sakka is a partner in our Corporate practice and a seasoned cross-border deal lawyer. Leveraging experience in the M&A division of a telecommunications company and an American firm, she focuses on providing strategic legal support including M&A (Inbound/Outbound).

Sakka’s practice covers private and public M&A transactions, cross-border deals, and day-to-day commercial business. She also has wide-ranging experience representing companies in defending against hostile takeovers. She was seconded to one of the biggest telecommunication company in Japan, working as a Manager in the Corporate Strategy Planning Division. During the secondment, she was put in charge of M&A involving many domestic and cross-border transactions from business and legal standpoints. She acquired qualification as an attorney in New York and Texas during her secondment to an American firm. Leveraging experience in the M&A division of the telecommunication company and an American firm, she focuses on providing strategic legal support in various sectors, including M&A (Inbound/Outbound) and business alliances. Sakka provides tailored legal services in a timely and flexible manner, and plays a leading role in various complex transactions.

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Education

2016
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (LL.M.)
2008
The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.)
2006
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

Outside Company Auditor, Value Quest Partners Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, Scala, Inc. 
Norton Rose Fulbright, Texas 
KDDI CORPORATION