Wataru Matsumoto
Partner
Tokyo Office
Wataru Matsumoto
Partner
Tokyo Office
Tel
+81-3-6889-7672
Fax
+81-3-6889-8672
Wataru Matsumoto is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. He handles a broad range of corporate/M&A matters including private and public acquisitions, corporate mergers and demergers, carve-out transactions, capital and strategic alliances, start-up investments and joint-ventures, with a particular focus on cross-cultural transactions where he has been representing both domestic and international clients.
He regularly advises multinational and domestic companies on various aspects of Japanese laws including general corporate, insolvency and liquidation, dispute resolutions, intellectual property, real estate transactions, foreign investment regulations, employment, data privacy, and various regulatory matters.
Wataru graduated from the University of Tokyo (LL.B.), the University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.) and the Oxford Saïd Business School (MBA), and worked as a foreign counsel at Travers Smith in London. He was also seconded to Komatsu Ltd., a global manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, solidifying his notable strength in transactions in which business and legal matters intersect.
Practice Areas
Languages
Japanese, English
Qualifications
2010, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)
2020, Japan (Tokyo Bar Association)
Practice Areas
Languages
Japanese, English
Qualifications
2010, Japan (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association)
2020, Japan (Tokyo Bar Association)
ADVANCE Corporate Law Seminar
Wataru Matsumoto, Mayuko Tsujimoto
Online (On-Demand)
NO&T - Marsh Joint Seminar
Hiroshi Mitoma, Wataru Matsumoto, Michio Hashimoto (Marsh Japan)
Online (Live & On-Demand)
The NO&T Podcast - JP
Hiroshi Mitoma, Wataru Matsumoto, Michio Hashimoto (Marsh Japan)
The NO&T Podcast - JP
Hiroshi Mitoma, Wataru Matsumoto, Michio Hashimoto (Marsh Japan)
(March 2024)
Axel Kuhlmann, Wataru Matsumoto, Rintaro Kai (Co-author)
(July 2023)
Axel Kuhlmann, Ryohei Tanaka, Koichiro Yoshimura, Wataru Matsumoto, Yuji Shibata (Co-author)
Wataru Matsumoto
Shojihomu Co., Ltd. (March 2018)
Kayo Takigawa (Author and Editor), Yuko Tamai, Tomohiko Iwasaki, Kei Okubo, Tomohiro Okawa, Wataru Matsumoto (Co-author), Mayuko Tsujimoto, Oki Osawa, Yuzuka Oyamada, Tomohiro Sekiguchi (Writing Collaborator)