PwC Legal Japan: Our people

Yasuyuki Iwasaki
Partner

Attorney at Law (Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association) (2006)
Certified Public Accountant (Japan) (2007)
Areas of practice: M&A, General corporate, Public sector, Restructuring and reorganisation, Litigation and crisis management, Labour

Hidenori Shibata

Bar Admission: Japan, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association (2013)
Areas of practice: General corporate, M&A, Wealth management, Financial regulatory compliance and financial transactions, Technology.

Rumi Ide

Bar Admission:Japan, Tokyo Bar Association (2014), California, U.S.A. (2023)
Areas of practice: The Antimonopoly Act of Japan and similar competition laws of other jurisdictions, General corporate, M&A, Technology

David Thomas

Bar Admission: New South Wales Supreme Court and High Court of Australia (2019) (not admitted in Japan) 
Areas of practice: General corporateM&A

Yui Mizoguchi

Bar Admission: Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association(2024)
Areas of practice: General corporateM&ALabourLitigation and crisis managementESG- and sustainability-related legal services

Kazuki Oishi

Bar Admission: Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2024)
Areas of practice: General corporateM&AIntellectual property rights,LabourLitigation and crisis managementInformation-related legal support

Yuri Sano

Bar Admission: Japan, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2025)
Areas of practice: General corporateM&AESG- and sustainability-related legal services

Note: Foreign lawyers who are not admitted to practice law in Japan work under the supervision of Bengoshi (lawyers admitted in Japan) partners within the scope of ‘provision of services to Bengoshi’ which is permitted under the relevant laws and regulations.

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