Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Restructuring/Insolvency

Japan

1 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Hajime Ueno

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

2021 - Fellow, INSOL International

2004 - 2005 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York

Professional Memberships

Fellow, INSOL International

Publications

・GRR Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review 2025

・Chambers Global Practice Guides - Insolvency 2023: Japan

・The Japan chapter of ESG in Restructuring, published by INSOL International

Languages Spoken

English

Japanese

Clients

・Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

・Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

・Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

・Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Work Highlights

・Providing legal advice to a credit facility provider in relation to

・MTGOX’s civil rehabilitation plan

・Restructuring of an LCC during the COVID - 19 pandemic

・Sharp Corporation's receipt of capital injection from Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

・Representing a major creditor in the Skymark civil rehabilitation proceedings

・Acquisition of Alico’s global business by MetLife, Inc.

・Represented Japan Airlines in their filing for a corporate reorganization proceedings combined with a support from the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan (“ETIC”)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Japan

Education

Harvard Law School

LL.M.

2004

The University of Tokyo

LL.B.

1997

Awards

Best Lawyers in Japan 2025 (Asset Finance Law, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Project Finance and Development Practice, and Structured Finance Law)

Best Lawyers

2024

JAPAN LEADING LAWYERS (Highly regarded)

IFLR1000 Japan

2024

Restructuring and Insolvency (Leading Individual)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific

2024

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Asia-Pacific

Restructuring/Insolvency - Japan
3
Band 3

Hajime Ueno is an experienced counsel for businesses undergoing restructuring and reorganisation.

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Hajime Ueno

Global Practice Guide
Hajime Ueno
Takahiro Kato
Masaru Shibahara
Authored by
Hajime Ueno, Takahiro Kato, Masaru Shibahara
Article • Oct 2024
Global Practice Guide
Hajime Ueno
Authored by
Hajime Ueno
Article • Oct 2024

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