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Kohei Okawa

Kohei Okawa

Partner

Tokyo Office

Kohei Okawa

Kohei Okawa

Partner

Tokyo Office

People
Kohei Okawa

He has abundant experience handling Japanese insolvency and restructuring proceedings.
With respect to in-court proceedings, he has managed three corporate reorganization proceedings as deputy trustee, seven civil rehabilitation proceedings as deputy trustee or counsel, a lot of bankruptcy proceedings as bankruptcy trustee or deputy bankruptcy trustee, one special liquidation proceeding as deputy liquidator and one special mediation proceeding as counsel.
With respect to out-of-court proceedings, he has handled six out-of-court workouts as counsel or deputy supervisor. He also has managed a lot of distressed M&A cases on behalf of both sellers and buyers.

In addition, the court appointed him as the interim representative of a company and he has managed the company as the interim representative.

Member: Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals, All Japan Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Network, the Bankruptcy Law Division, Legal Studies Department, Tokyo Bar Association and Business Rehabilitation Research Organization.
He served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Bankruptcy Law Division, Legal Studies Department, Tokyo Bar Association (April 2020-March 2021).

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2006, Japan (Tokyo Bar Association)

Languages

Japanese, English

Qualifications

2006, Japan (Tokyo Bar Association)

2002
Waseda University (LL.B.)
2006 - 2008
Nishimura & Partners (currently Nishimura & Asahi)
2008 - 2013
Kobayashi & Associates Law Office
2013 -
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
2018
Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)
2018 - 2019
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, Washington, D.C.
2020 -
Mar 2021
Deputy Secretary - General of the Bankruptcy Law Division, Legal Studies Department, Tokyo Bar Association
2021 - present
Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
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