Yosuke Kanegae

Practice Areas

Restructuring/Insolvency, Civil and Commercial Disputes

Yosuke Kanegae is particularly strong in cases involving international elements, cases involving advanced technologies such as blockchain and AI, and renewable energy and construction, cases requiring the handling of complex financial schemes, and business restructuring cases requiring negotiations with a large number of interested parties. In recent years, he has been involved in a wide range of projects, including the acquisition of the largest used car dealer, which fell into a financial crisis due to compliance issues, the out-of-court workout of a publicly traded company operating a wedding business that was unable to repay its COVID-19 loan, the restructuring of a project financing for a renewable energy business that went out of business due to rising fuel prices, a restructuring project for an auto parts manufacturer that was suffering from the development of electric vehicles, and the restructuring of a company operating a high-tech business using cloud computing and blockchain technology.

Career

2023-present Professor (civil advocacy practice) in The Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan

2019-2023 Adjunct Lecturer (new business and law) in Keio University

2012-2018 Adjunct Lecturer (insolvency practice) in The University of Tokyo

2017-present Partner in Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

2009-2015 Partner in Ohebashi LPC & Partners

Professional Memberships

International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL),

International Bar Association (IBA),

The East Asian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring,

Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals,

Business Rehabilitation Research Organization,

All Japan Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Network, and

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Insolvency law study group.

Publications

Customer Rights and Protections when Japanese Crypto Assets Exchange files for U.S. Chapter 11 (In the wake of the bankruptcy of FTX Trading), NO&T Restructuring Legal Update, January 2023

Guide on the Treatment of Insolvent Micro and Small Enterprises in Asia, May 2022

The Impact of Market Price Spikes and the Imbalance Fee on Electricity Retailers and their Investors arising from Extreme Electricity Supply and Demand Pressures, January 2022

COVID-19 (Co-author), LexisNexis, April 2020

Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency in Asia 2020 - JAPAN ( Co-author), Asian Business Law Institute

Chambers Global Practice Guides Insolvency 2016 Japan - Law & Practice (co-author), September, 2016

New sponsor election process for restructurings (co-author), July 2016

Awards