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Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-5223-7753
- FAX
- +81-3-5223-7653
Practice Areas
Gaku Ishiwata：Awards
- Awards
- Our lawyers were selected in asialaw 2022, the definitive guide to Asia's leading law firms and lawyers
- Awards
- High Evaluations Received From Euromoney's Banking, Finance & Transactional Law Expert Guide 2021
- Awards
- High evaluation received from "Who’s Who Legal: Japan 2021"
Gaku Ishiwata：News
- 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”
- Public Service
- Gaku Ishiwata became the member of Corporate Restructuring Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Public Service
- Gaku Ishiwata became a visiting professor at The University of Tokyo Graduate School
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 Article
- "Verification of Measures to Ensure Fairness, and How Such Measures Should be Taken"
- Magazine Panel Discussion
- "Contested Transactions in Japan – Recent Developments and Future Outlook"
- Book Article
- ”Theory and Practice of Agreements with and among Shareholders – Joint Ventures, Capital Alliances and Start-ups”
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-)
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-)
- Member of the Fair M&A Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2018-2019)
- Member of Corporate Restructuring Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2020)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 1997; New York, 2002
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association