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Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-6266-8599
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Practice Areas
Yohsuke Higashi:Awards
- Awards
- Top Rankings Received from IFLR1000 2023
- Awards
- The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2024 edition)
Yohsuke Higashi:News
- Public Service
- Yohsuke Higashi became Corporate M&A Law Committee Liaison Officer of International Bar Association (IBA) Asia Pacific Regional Forum
- Public Service
- Yohsuke Higashi became a member of Study Group on Challenges for and Case Studies in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Media
- Interview of Yohsuke Higashi and Shintaro Okawa were featured in a M&A Online article about “Revisions to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and Strengthened Foreign Investment Regulations” published on December 20, 2019
Yohsuke Higashi:Newsletters
Yohsuke Higashi:Seminars
- Apr. 28, 2023MHM Open Seminars
- (Live-Streaming Webinar in English) “MHM Seminar: Expansion of designated businesses in Japanese FDI regulations and the latest trend of FDI screening inviting METI Officials”
- Feb. 21, 2019External Seminars
- "Dujat & AKD Brexit Seminar"
Yohsuke Higashi:Publications
- Magazine Article
- ”The Legal 500: Private Equity Country Comparative Guide 2023 - Japan Chapter”
- Book
- ”Comprehensive Analysis of M&A Laws of Japan, 2nd edition”
- Magazine Article
- ”Chambers Global Practice Guides Private Equity 2022 - Japan Chapter”
Yohsuke Higashi:Other
Background
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2004)
- The Unviersity of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2006)
- The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2012)
- with Davis Polk & Wardwell (Tokyo and New York) (2012-2013)
Major Activities
- Member of Study Group on Challenges for and Case Studies in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2022-2023)
- Corporate M&A Law Committee Liaison Officer of International Bar Association (IBA) Asia Pacific Regional Forum (2023-)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 2007; New York, 2013
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association