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- Languages:
- Japanese English
- Practice areas:
- M&AJoint VenturesStartups & Venture CapitalCross-border M&ACorporate & Commercial TransactionsVenture FinanceIP TransactionsCross-border Transactions (General)Educational ActivitiesMedical Field/HealthcareAerospace/SpaceRobotics/Artificial IntelligenceDigital OperationsDigital Innovation
- Qualifications:
- Admitted in Japan (2005, voluntarily deregistered in 2011 and readmitted in 2014)
Corporate Law / Execution Design
(M&A, Business Alliances, Fundraising, Business Model Creation, and Other Strategic Actions)
- Design and implementation of business strategy execution plans for large corporations, mid-size companies and startups
- Advice on suitable methods (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, business alliances, licensing or lobbying) for realizing specific business goals, support on creating transaction/negotiation frameworks and action plans for the projects, as well as support on the actual execution of the projects
- Starting member of and current advisor to a Silicon Valley-based startup; in charge of management of the company and contributed to raising USD 13 million in funding
- Mentor at Colorado-based startup accelerator
- Member of SPACETIDE, a private organization that supports startups in the space/aerospace industry
Recent activities
- 4/2020
Top attorneys in Japan: Best Lawyers - 2021 edition
Awards
- 11/2019
Updates on Legislation for Space Resource Business
Seminars
- 2/2019
Corpus Juris M&A - Completely Revised Edition (first volume) (second volume)
Books
Education
- 2018
- International Space University, Executive Space Course
- 2013
- Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA)
- 2004
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional experience
- 2019 -
- Lecturer, Keio University Law School
- 2016 -
- Director, Spacetide Foundation
- 2016 -
- Outside Director, Macromill, Inc.
- 2015 -
- Committee Member, Spacetide Committee
- 2013 -
- Mentor, Boomtown Accelerator
- 2012 - 2014
- Starting Member of WHILL, Inc. (Silicon Valley-based Startup)
- 2007 - 2015
- Lecturer, Seikei University Law School