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The Frontline of Overseas Risk Management
Osaka
External Seminars
Hiromune Usuki has been the co-head of our Osaka Office since its establishment. Hiromune has extensive experience in cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, global compliance, crisis management, and corporate governance cases.
Hiromune specializes in domestic and cross-border M&A cases, including hostile takeovers defenses, and organizational restructuring. Hiromune also handles a wide range of compliance-related cases in different practice areas, such as accounting fraud and antitrust violation cases, fact-finding investigations by board members and various corporate authorities, and the establishment of prevention measures. In addition to his broad expertise in general corporate matters, Hiromune has been advising well-known Japanese listed and blue-chip companies on general corporate law cases such as data protection cases, corporate governance cases, and defense cases against shareholder activists. Based on this extensive experience, Hiromune is committed to providing comprehensive and practical solutions to support his clients aiming for further challenges and growth.
Representative Work
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- 2022
- Daikin Industries, Ltd. - Acquisition of Duplomatic MS S.p.A
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- 2022
- Toyobo Co., Ltd. - Joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation
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- 2020
- Ship Healthcare Holdings, Inc. - Acquisition of a stake in a major medical equipment distributor in Myanmar
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- 2020 - 2021
- Daikin Industries, Ltd. established a joint venture in Korea to manufacture and sell dry etching gas
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- 2017
- Acquisition of Heroflon S.p.A. by Daikin Industries, Ltd.
Seminars
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Japan's Corporate Governance Code and Practice
Kobe
External Seminars
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Legal points relating to Operations and Local Management in Asia, and the Withdrawal from Asia of Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Equipment Manufacturing Companies
External Seminars
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Expanding Business and M&A in Asia
Osaka
External Seminars
Publications
Education
- 2009
- Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)
- 2001
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Vice chairperson, Corporate Legislation Committee (KANKEIREN)
- Organizer, Corporate Legislation Committee (KANKEIREN)
- Member, Corporate Governance Workshop, Kansai Economic Federation (KANKEIREN)
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York
- Visiting Associate Professor of Kyushu University