Corporate restructuring in Japan
(July 2022)
Kohei Okawa
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Kohei Okawa
Partner
Tokyo Office
Kohei Okawa
Partner
Tokyo Office
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).
Practice Areas
Languages
Japanese, English
Qualifications
2006, Japan (Tokyo Bar Association)
Practice Areas
Languages
Japanese, English
Qualifications
2006, Japan (Tokyo Bar Association)
(July 2022)
Kohei Okawa
Kohei Okawa
Shojihomu Co., Ltd. (February 2016)
Edited by Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Satoshi Inoue, Ichiro Oya, Takahiro Yamauchi, Jiro Mikami, Yutaka Kuroda, Terukazu Katsuyama, Ohki Mizuno, Yosuke Kanegae, Kohei Okawa, Yoshinobu Koyama, Yoshifumi Shimoda, Akihiro Tokura, Wataru Matsumoto, Tomohiro Hen (Co-authors)
Shojihomu Co., Ltd. (July 2015)
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu (Editor), Hideaki Kobayashi, Takayoshi Tao (Associate Editor, Co-author), Takahiro Yamauchi, Yoshitoshi Imoto, Oki Mori, Kohei Okawa, Nobuaki Ito, Wataru Matsumoto, Emi Fujisaki, Tomohiro Hen, Nozomu Takashima, Tsubasa Watanabe (Co-author)