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

Hiroyuki Kikuchi
Partner

Bar Admissions: Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2003), California (2009)
Areas of practice: Intellectual property rights, Technology, Information-related legal support, M&A, General corporate

Hiroyuki Sato
Director

Bar Admission: Japan, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association (2010), England and Wales (2020)
Areas of practice: M&A, General corporate, Wealth management, Restructuring and reorganisation, Litigation and crisis management, Information-related legal support, 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 corporate, M&A

Scott Alper

Bar Admission: Maryland, U.S.A. (2022)
Areas of practice: General corporate

Yui Mizoguchi

Bar Admission: Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association(2024)
Areas of practice: General corporate, M&A, Labour, Litigation and crisis management, ESG- and sustainability-related legal services

Kazuki Oishi

Bar Admission: Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2024)
Areas of practice: General corporate, M&A, Intellectual property rights,Labour, Litigation and crisis management, Information-related legal support

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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