Hirohito Akagami

Hirohito Akagami is engaged principally in the fields of financial, corporate and commercial law, with an emphasis on M&A and securities work. Typically, these transactions involve Akagami representing the purchasers for a number of tender offers, which he has been doing for more than 20 years. He also advises clients in a number of domestic and cross-border syndicated loans, securities and other financial transactions, as well as on corporate governance-related matters and regulatory issues.

Practice Groups

• Corporate Transaction Group
• Capital Markets Group

Background

• 1986 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
• 1993 University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. with Merit)
• Sep 1993 – Sep 1994 Trained at Slaughter and May, London and Brussels

Professional Admissions

• Japan (1988)

Professional and Academic Associations

• Daini Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

• Japanese (first language) English