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Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-5223-7753
- FAX
- +81-3-5223-7653
Practice Areas
Gaku Ishiwata：Awards
- Awards
- Top Rankings received from asialaw 2023-24
- Awards
- Top Rankings Received from IFLR1000 2023
- Awards
- Fifteen of our lawyers selected as Japan’s Top 100 Lawyers 2023 in Asia Business Law Journal
Gaku Ishiwata：News
- Public Service
- Gaku Ishiwata became an expert member of the Working Group on Tender Offer Rules and Large Shareholding Reporting Rules of the Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency
- Public Service
- Gaku Ishiwata became a lecturer at The University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics
- Public Service
- Firm's lawyers involved in the Revision of the “Guidebook for Introducing Incentive Plans for Sustainable Corporate Growth as Board Members’ Compensation to Encourage Companies to Promote Proactive Business Management”
Gaku Ishiwata：Seminars
- Nov. 8, 2019External Seminars
- "The Global Expansion of Shareholder Activism"
- Nov. 16, 2010MHM Seminars
- MHM Seminar
- Jul. 29, 2008External Seminars
- "Largest-Ever Buyout By A Foreign Company - A Legal Perspective"
Gaku Ishiwata：Publications
- Magazine Panel Discussion
- "Prospects for M&A Legislation in Practice and its Future - Points at Issue Regarding "Acquisitions Without Agreement" and Steps Toward Creation of Fair M&A Markets"
- Book
- ”Comprehensive Analysis of M&A Laws of Japan, 2nd edition”
- Book
- "Practical Issues of the Corporation Act New Series 9: Corporate Reorganization (3rd ed.)"
Gaku Ishiwata：Other
Background
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1995)
- University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2001)
- with Davis Polk & Wardwell (2001-2002)
- Lecturer at Kyoto University Law School (2007-2016)
- Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics (2019-2022)
Major Activities
- Member of Committee for Study of Limited Liability Companies, organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2002-2003)
- Member of Committee for Study of Tax Framework for Corporate Acquisitions, Divisions and Other Corporate Reorganizations, organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2004-2005)
- Member of Corporate Value Study Group, organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2004-2008)
- Member of Committee for Study of Japanese LLP, organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2004-2005)
- Member of First Subcommittee, Sectional Committee on Financial System, Financial System Council (2005-2006)
- Outside Director of Xebio Holdings Co., Ltd. (2008-)
- Member of Study Group for Employee Stock Ownership Plan, organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2008-)
- Member of Working Group Regarding New Scheme etc. for M&A, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2010-)
- Member of Liaison Conference on Corporate Governance, organized by Financial Services Agency (2010-)
- Member of Disclosure System Working Group, Specialized Legal System Study Group, Financial Services Agency (2011-)
- Outside Director of United Arrows Ltd. (2013-2020)
- Outside Director of Digital Hearts Holdings Co., Ltd. (2018-2022)
- Member of the Fair M&A Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2018-2019)
- Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics (2019-2022)
- Member of Corporate Restructuring Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2020-)
- Member of the Fair Acquisition Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2022-)
- Lecturer at The University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics (2023-)
- Expert Member of the Working Group on Tender Offer Rules and Large Shareholding Reporting Rules of the Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency (2023-)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 1997; New York, 2002
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association