My List
- Languages:
- Japanese English
- Practice areas:
- M&AJoint VenturesDefense against Hostile Takeover/Shareholder ActivismPrivate EquityStartups & Venture CapitalCross-border M&ACorporate GovernanceShareholders' Meetings & Relationships with ShareholdersCorporate DisputesIncorporated Associations & FoundationsCorporate & Commercial TransactionsCapital MarketsInsuranceFinTechSecurities Litigation/Disputes Related to Financial ProductsEarly Stage RestructuringTax DisputesAdministrative LitigationConsumer Contract DisputesCivil Disputes Arising from Corporate ScandalsInvestor-State Dispute SettlementInternational LitigationIP TransactionsTrade Secrets/Unfair CompetitionPersonal Data & Privacy/Big Data BusinessesTelecommunication & MediaCorporate Crisis ManagementComplianceInternal Investigations & Outside InvestigationsAccounting FraudInsider TradingOther Breaches of the Financial Instruments & Exchange ActBreaches of Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption Laws & RegulationsAccidents, Deception, Misrepresentation of Products & FoodFraud of Directors & Employees such as EmbezzlementWhistle BlowingTax PlanningTax CounselingInternational TaxationLabor LawConsumer Contract ActAct against Unjustifiable Premiums & Misleading RepresentationsProduct Liability Act, Product Safety & the Recall of ProductsConsumer OrganizationsCross-border Transactions (General)Global ComplianceLobbying & Contributing to Planning & Enacting of Public PolicyEducational ActivitiesPublic Interest ActivitiesNatural Resources & EnergyTelecommunicationsBroadcasting Internet/Cyber LawEntertainmentSportsMedicine/Medical DevicesMedical Field/HealthcareHealthcare IT/Medical CloudBiotechnologyElectronicsAutomotive & Auto PartsAerospace/SpaceRobotics/Artificial IntelligenceChemicalsTurkey/Middle EastEU & EU Member StatesEuropean Countries (except EU Member States)/Russia/CIS United States
- Qualifications:
- Admitted in Japan (1993)
Admitted in New York (2001)
Yo OTA has been a partner at Nishimura & Asahi (formerly Nishimura & Partners) since 2003.
He has a variety of practical international and domestic legal experience, including work in the areas of M&A transactions, corporate risk management and tax.
Recent activities
- 1/2021
The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021: Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi
Awards
- 12/2020
Nishimura & Asahi leads in The Nikkei’s "Most Successful Lawyers in 2020"
Awards
- 12/2020
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi
Awards
Education
- 2000
- Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
- 1991
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional experience
- 2019 -
- Outside Corporate Auditor, Z Financial Corporation
- 2017 -
- Outside Corporate Auditor, Ricoh Company Ltd.
- 2016 -
- Outside Director, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
- 2013 - 2016
- Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
- 2012 -
- Director, Japan Association of Corporate Directors
- 2007 -
- Member of Responsibility Pursuit Committee, Nikko Cordial Corporation
- 2005 - 2013
- Lecturer, Tax Law, Seikei University Law School
- 2005 -
- Outside Director, Denki Kogyo Company, Limited
- 2005 - 2009
- Outside Corporate Auditor, Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd
- 2005 - 2008
- Lecturer, Kyoto University Law School
- 2004 - 2016
- Outside Corporate Auditor, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
- 2004 - 2005
- Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS)
- 2003 - 2005
- Lecturer in Law, International Transactions, Graduate School of Law, Chuo University
- 2001 - 2002
- The Ministry of Justice, Civil Affairs Bureau (engaged in the reform of the Japanese Commercial Code)
- 2000 - 2001
- Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
- 1998
- Lecturer in Law, International Taxation, St. Paul's (Rikkyo) University