- Languages
- JapaneseEnglish
Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-6266-8553
- FAX
- +81-3-6266-8453
Practice Areas
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance
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Crisis Management
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Health Care, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Sciences
Work Highlights
- Sale of Alps Logistics by Alps Alpine to Logisteed and making Alps Logistics a joint venture (May 2024)
- Acquisition of Yaizu Suisankagaku Industry by Inaba Foods through TOB (February 2024)
- Acquisition of Glosel by Macnica through TOB (January 2024)
- MBO of Outsourcing sponsored by Bain Capital (December 2023)
- Realignment of global business of NTT group by NTT and NTT DATA (May 2022)
- Represented Invesco Group in connection with its acquisition of Invesco Office J-REIT (June 2021)
- Acquisition of NTT Docomo by NTT through TOB (September 2020)
- Business and capital alliance between NTT and Toyota Motor with respect to smart city business (March 2020)
- Acquisition of NTT Urban Development by NTT through TOB (November 2018)
- Acquisition of Alpine by Alps Electric through share exchange (July 2017)
Akira Matsushita：Awards
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 edition)
- Awards
- Top rankings received from Chambers Global 2024
- Awards
- Top rankings received from The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
Akira Matsushita：News
- Public Service
- Akira Matsushita became a lecturer at Kyoto University Law School
- Firm News
- Six new partners and three of counsels
- Firm News
- 20 new lawyers joined Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Akira Matsushita：Publications
- Article
- "Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate M&A 2024 - Japan Chapter"
- Magazine Article
- "M&A and Shareholder Activism"
- Magazine Article
- "Practical Handling of Shareholders Meetings in 2024: Trends Concerning Advisory Policy of Proxy Advisory Firms and Proxy Voting Guidelines for Institutional Investors (Part 2)"
Akira Matsushita：Other
Background
- Keio University (LL.B., 2005)
- Cornell Law School (LL.M., 2012)
- with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago (2012-2013)
Major Activities
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Lecturer at Kyoto University Law School (2022-)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 2006; New York, 2013
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association