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Ryutaro Takeda

Senior Associate
About

Ryutaro Takeda's principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, regulatory, general corporate, real estate law and finance.

Professional QualificationsBengoshi registered with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised a Japanese public financial institution on its joint investment with a Japanese electric power company in a state-owned energy company in Oceania.
  • Advised a Japanese pharmaceutical company on its public takeover bid for a Belgium listed advanced biopharmaceutical company.
  • Advised a major Japanese IT company on its acquisition of the largest IT company in Denmark.
  • Advised several Japanese start-up companies on its financing from Japanese and foreign venture capital funds.
  • Advised a Japanese oil retail company on its investment in an European start-up company.
  • Advised a Japanese telecommunication company on the global survey for several countries including in Middle East Countries.
  • Advised a Scotland-based brewery on its joint venture with a Japanese major alcohol manufacturing company.
  • Advised affiliated company of Japanese major automobile company on design and management of its equity incentive plan (e.g., stock option, RSU and ESPP etc.).
  • Being appointed as a senior legal counsel of Japanese subsidiary of a US based global confectionery company (2018-2020).
  • Being appointed as international expert by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) to support Japanese companies on business expansion to Europe, the US and Asia (2018-2020).
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
Education
  • Keio University, B.A. in Law, 2007
  • Passed CPA examination

Publications

  • "2023 Overseas Legal News", article in Business Homu, April 2023
  • "2022 Overseas Legal News", article in Business Homu, March 2022
  • "2021 Overseas Legal News", article in Business Homu, March 2021
  • "2020 Overseas Legal News", article in Business Homu, March 2020
  • Japan's Article 63 Exemption update for off-shore funds, 6 Sep 2017
  • Japan Regulatory Update on Virtual Currency Business, 29 Dec 2017

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper's Tokyo office, he had worked for Japanese major law firs as a corporate lawyer. After that, he had worked for a real estate development company as in-house lawyer and engaged in various types of real estate transactions. He had also worked for a global accounting firm as a Japanese Junior CPA and worked on financial/internal control audits and provides advisory services to a megabank in Japan.

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