PwC Legal Japan - Our people - Wakana Minota

Wakana Minota

Bar Admission: Japan, Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association(2022)
Languages: Japanese, English
Areas of practice: General corporate, M&A, Real estate transactions and real estate finance, Labour, Litigation and crisis management

Wakana Minota covers a wide variety of legal services, including general corporate, M&A and litigation matters.
Before joining PwC Legal Japan, she worked for a law firm in Tokyo, handling general corporate, M&A, corporate litigation, shareholder activism response and equity finance cases.

Education

2017 Meiji University (B.A.)
2020 Waseda Law School (J.D.)

Professional experience

2022-2023 Asahi Chuo Sogo Law Office
2023-2026 Sato Sogo Law Office
2026- PwC Legal Japan

Publications

December 2025 A Must-Have for Young Lawyers and Paralegals: 100 Selected
Notification Formats (SHINNIPPON-HOKI PUBLISHING CO., LTD., December 2025, co-author)

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