Hiroyasu Ueda
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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About
Provided by Hiroyasu Ueda
Practice Areas
For over three decades he has served as counsel to numerous debtors, creditors, and creditors’ committees in cases involving a wide spectrum of industries and cross-border enterprises. He has worked as a legal adviser for Lehman Brothers Japan Inc. since 2008 and possesses extensive experience in acting as the dispute resolution provider of the Turnaround ADR. His practice extends from dispute resolution and commercial litigation to M&A as well as intellectual property and labor issues. Moreover, as Former president of the Japan Chapter of the East Asian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring, which holds symposia on insolvency practice with practitioners in China and Korea, and Co-Chair of the International Insolvency Institute’s Regional Committee Asia, he is well acquainted with insolvency practice, and has been actively contributing to its development across East Asia.
Career
Admitted in Japan (1981)
Professional Memberships
Osaka Bar Association (Japan), 1981 Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Publications
“Legal issues around cross-border insolvency and restructuring (based on Lehman Brothers’ cross-border insolvency case) - Summary of the insolvency proceedings of Lehman Brothers Japan Group and aspiration for future development” (NBL No.1120, April 2018); Others
Personal
University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1979); University College London (non-degree study, 1989-1990)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Hiroyasu Ueda is a highly sought-after legal adviser in Japan to both distressed debtors and their creditors. He has significant experience handling in-court insolvency proceedings and out-of-court workouts.
Contributions
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hiroyasu Ueda always provides accurate advice based on a thorough understanding of the client's position rather than textbook judgement."
"He provides an extremely high level of service on complex cases, based on professionalism and an understanding of business."
"Hiroyasu Ueda always provides accurate advice based on a thorough understanding of the client's position rather than textbook judgement."
"He provides an extremely high level of service on complex cases, based on professionalism and an understanding of business."