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Nishimura & Asahi Achieves Global Expansion and Highest Japan Rankings at IFLR1000 2024
Yamato is a partner in our corporate practice and has over 10 years of experience supporting our clients, such as industrial companies, private equity funds, financial institutions, and start-up companies, in a wide range of corporate-related matters.
Yamato’s practice area covers various M&A transactions, including cross-border M&A deals for stock consideration; shareholder activism; corporate governance, including officers’ remuneration and management of subsidiaries; disclosure; guidance for shareholders meetings, including virtual shareholder meetings; securities litigation; preparation of legal opinions; and development of new structures for share-buybacks using trusts. Yamato also worked at the Ministry of Justice of Japan for two years and mainly engaged in the reform of the Companies Act. Yamato is also known for his expertise in the latest trends in revision of corporate legislation, including the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, by maximizing his experience working at the Ministry of Justice of Japan. Yamato has continued to work diligently on writing articles and delivering lectures with respect to corporate legislation and has shared his expertise with our potential clients in a clear, straightforward manner.
Awards & Rankings
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Law Firm of the Year at ALB Japan Law Awards 2021
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Impact Deal: European Tax Awards 2020
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Law Firm of the Year: ALB Japan Law Awards 2019
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Most innovative Japanese law firm: Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyer Awards 2019
Publications
News
Education
- 2014
- Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M.)
- 2006
- The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D.)
- 2004
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- The Ministry of Justice, the Civil Affairs Bureau (specializing in the Companies Act)
- Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago
- Lecturer, The University of Tokyo, School of Law