Partner

Tomohiko Iwasaki

Admitted to bar	1997, Japan
Languages	Japanese and English
Contact	Contact this Lawyer TEL : +81-3-6889-7167 FAX : +81-3-6889-8167
Practice Areas	Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Corporate Governance, Private Equity/Venture Capital, General Corporate, Risk and Crisis Management/Compliance, Civil and Commercial Disputes, North America and Latin America, Asia

Biography

Tomohiko Iwasaki is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His practice focuses on corporate transactions, including international and domestic M&A transactions. He also has a thorough knowledge of the Corporations Act, as he worked at the Ministry of Justice of Japan and was a member of the team that drafted the Corporations Act Bill.
He graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 1995 and with an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2002. He worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York as a visiting attorney from 2002 to 2003, and worked at the Ministry of Justice of Japan from 2003 to 2005. He was admitted to practice law in Japan in 1997.

Education/Professional Experience

1995	The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
1997-	Nagashima & Ohno (currently Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)
2002	Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
2002-2003	Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York
2003-2005	The Ministry of Justice
2007-present	Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Seminars

September 11, 2018

NO&T Seminars

ADVANCE Corporate Law Seminar - Pioneering the Frontier in Corporate Law
2018 Part 5 Domestic Litigation Seminar "Latest Corporate Litigation Practices"

June 12, 2018

NO&T Seminars

ADVANCE Corporate Law Seminar - Pioneering the Frontier in Corporate Law
2018 Part 3 Governance and Overseas M&A Seminar "Latest Trends in Corporate Governance and Overseas M&A - the Revised CG Code, Overseas M&A Study Group, Subsidiary Management"

September 18, 2015

NO&T Seminars

ADVANCE Corporate Law Seminar - Pioneering the Frontier in Corporate Law
Part 3 M&A Seminar "Aggressive and Conservative M&As"

Publications

June, 2020	Articles	Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Governance 2020 Japan - Law & Practice (Co-author)
September, 2019	Books	"Merger Handbook [4th Edition]" (Co-authors) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
June, 2019	Articles	Chambers Global Practice Guides Corporate Governance 2019 Japan - Law & Practice (Co-author)
March, 2018	Books	"Forefront of M&A Risk Management" (Co-author) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
October, 2016	Books	"Theory and Practice of Takeover Bid 3rd Edition" (Co-authors) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
January, 2016	Books	"Advanced Corporate Law" (Co-authors) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
October, 2015	Books	"Merger Handbook [3rd Edition]" (Co-authors) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
October, 2015	Books	"Company Split Handbook [2nd Edition]" (Co-authors) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
April, 2015	Books	"Share Exchanges and Share Transfers Handbook" (Co-authors) Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
September, 2013	Books	"Theory and Practice of Takeover Bid 2nd Edition" Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
May, 2010	Others	Restructuring in Japan Financier Worldwide Issue 89, May 2010
January, 2007	Articles	Takeover regulations amended again The IFLR Guide to Japan 2007 (Supplement to International Financial Law Review, January 2007)

Topics

February 18, 2021	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Global 2021
January 13, 2021	Awards	NO&T receives high evaluation in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021
December 15, 2020	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021
February 14, 2020	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Global 2020
December 5, 2019	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020
April 4, 2019	Awards	High evaluation received in the 2020 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in Japan"
February 15, 2019	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Global 2019
November 30, 2018	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2019
April 6, 2018	Awards	High evaluation received in the 2019 Edition of "The Best Lawyers in Japan"
February 19, 2018	Awards	NO&T recognized by Chambers Global 2018

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