Daiki has been involved in a wide range of corporate legal matters including the following.
Mergers & Acquisitions
-Advised a highly acclaimed IoT (Internet of Things) startup on accepting investments from multiple strategic investors including a telecommunications giant and a major manufacturer
-Advised a publicly traded company in Japan on its contemplated delisting from a
securities exchange
-Acquisition of a French chemical product manufacturer by a Japanese public
corporation
-Acquisition by a Korean public corporation of a Japanese renewable energy startup
-Cross-border acquisition of a major CMS (content management system) developer
-Represented a U.K.-based venture capital on its equity investment in a Japanese mobile app startup
General Corporate/ Compliance
-Advised U.S.-based multinationals on general corporate and other various legal issues affecting their Japanese subsidiaries, ranging from day-to-day commercial transactions including IP licensing, sales & purchase, office lease and other day-to-day transactions, to employment, anti-trust and anti-corruption compliance
Dispute Resolution
-Advised multi-national leading software developers in copyright infringement disputes
-Represented a Russian major insurer in a maritime litigation before a Japanese court
-Represented a software developer in a lawsuit before a Japanese court with its sub-contractor over their software development project for a telecommunications giant
Last updated on: June 1, 2017
Lawyer Bio
About Daiki
Daiki is a corporate lawyer who focuses on assisting international clients with starting and operating businesses in or with Japan.Having advised international clients at Tokyo branches of two U.S.-based global law firms, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Paul Hastings, Daiki has been extensively exposed to cross-border legal matters, areas of which encompass a wide range of practice areas including general corporate, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, foreign investment, employment law, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution.
In particular, due to his prior career at U.S. West Coast law firms whose leading offices are located geographically closer to startups and ex-startups (including tech giants such as Facebook and Apple), Daiki is highly experienced in matters involving startups, the scope of which includes representation of both investors (e.g., venture capitals) and entrepreneurs (startups soliciting investments).
