Hiroyasu Ueda

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 1

Restructuring/Insolvency

Japan

17 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Hiroyasu Ueda

Asia-Pacific

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 Vice 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

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Asia-Pacific

Restructuring/Insolvency - Japan

Band 1

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.

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