Takayuki Kihira
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 5 : Corporate/M&A: Domestic
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About
Provided by Takayuki Kihira
Practice Areas
Mergers and acquisitions; international commercial transactions; private equity; venture financing; dispute resolution.
Career
Partner since 2010; with Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York (2006-2007); Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School (Global M&A Practice) (2015-present).
Professional Memberships
Admitted in Japan and New York.
Publications
“Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate M&A 2024”- Japan Chapter (Chambers & Partners) (2024); “Comprehensive Analysis of M&A Laws of Japan”, 2nd edition (co-author) (2022) ; “Changes in M&A” (Nikkei Publishing Inc.) (2018); “Corporations and Partnerships in Japan”, Second Edition (Wolters Kluwer Law & Business) (2016) “Cross-Border M&A - Laws, Regulations and Practical Considerations” Hitotsubashi Business Review (2013 Spring); “Corporations and Partnerships in Japan” Wolters Kluwer (2012); “The International Joint Ventures Manual: Control and Minority Protection, Deadlock and Termination, Shareholders’ Agreement and Bye-laws, Structures” Practical Law Company (2009).
Personal
Cornell Law School (LL.M. 2006); Hitotsubashi University (LL.B. 2000).
Awards
Finalist for Dealmaker of the Year 2024
ALB Japan Law Awards 2024 organized by the Thomson Reuters Group
2024
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Takayuki Kihira advises on various corporate transactions. He is noted for his experience handling cross-border corporate and M&A transactions for major multinational technology companies.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Takayuki Kihira understood the client's needs and provided advice, collaborating with various experts in complex M&A transactions and organising issues in an easy-to-understand manner."
"Takayuki Kihira understood the client's needs and provided advice, collaborating with various experts in complex M&A transactions and organising issues in an easy-to-understand manner."
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