- Languages
- Japanese
Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-6266-8934
- FAX
- +81-3-6266-8834
Practice Areas
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Health Care, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Sciences
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Information Technology, Life Sciences and Intellectual Property
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Crisis Management
Work Highlights
- Sale of Sasaeah Holdings to Virbac Japan by ORIX Corporation (March 2024)
Yasutaka Tokuda：Awards
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 edition)
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)
Yasutaka Tokuda：News
- Public Service
- Yasutaka Tokuda becomes the auditor of Japan Community Healthcare Organization
- Firm News
- 17 new partners and 17 new counsels
- Public Service
- Yasutaka Tokuda becomes a Research Collaborator for "Research for Revision of the Guidelines on Whether Programs Constitute Medical Devices," Health Labour Sciences Research
Yasutaka Tokuda：Newsletters
Yasutaka Tokuda：Seminars
- Jan. 29, 2020MHM Seminars
- "Digital Health and Law"
- Jan. 27, 2020MHM Seminars
- "Digital Health and Law"
- Jan. 21, 2020MHM Seminars
- "Digital Health and Law"
Yasutaka Tokuda：Publications
- Book
- "Positioning of Medical Devices Under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and Notes on Development, Approval, and Certification Systems"
- Magazine Article
- "Chambers Global Practice Guides Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoid Regulation 2023 - Japan Trends and Developments"
- Book
- "Q&A: Digital Health and Law [2nd ed.]"
Yasutaka Tokuda：Other
Background
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2007)
- The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2010)
- Seconded to Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (2013-2014)
- Cornell Law School (LL.M., 2018)
- with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago (2018-2019)
- assigned to the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau （Compliance and Narcotics Division, Pharmaceutical Evaluation Division, and Medical Device Evaluation Division） of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a fixed-term government employee（2020-2022）
Major Activities
- Research Collaborator for "Research for Revision of the Guidelines on Whether Programs Constitute Medical Devices," Health Labour Sciences Research (2023-)
- Auditor of Japan Community Healthcare Organization (2024-)
Practice Group
- Healthcare Practice Group
- M&A Practice Group
- Agriculture & Food Products Practice Group
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 2011; New York, 2019
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association