Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Japanese

Lawyer Overview

Toru Yamada advises companies in a broad range of industries, including pharmaceutical companies, tire manufacturers, securities firms, private equity firms, asset management firms, and financial advisers. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, structured finance, securities regulations, fund formations, real estate securitizations, labor, corporate restructurings, and corporate counseling.

Toru served as the lead counsel in acquisition transactions of various listed and nonlisted companies in Japan. He also served as the lead counsel in a number of real estate securitization transactions and fund formations.

Toru is a member of the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Japanese American Society for Legal Studies, the Trust Companies Association of Japan, among others. He is an editorial supervisor of "Complete Corporate Internal Rules" and "Complete Corporate Officers Rules" and a coauthor of "Limited Liability Partnership: Law and Registration." He has recently authored articles in Japanese periodicals about labor and equity finance.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Privacy & Data Security

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Bandag
• Acquisition of Jih Sun Financial
• Acquisition of TASC Security
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Alliance with Schering-Plough
• Issuance of Shares by NineSigma Japan, Inc.
• Japanese Property Acquisition and Disposition
• Merger with Dainippon Pharmaceutical
• Minami Towada Wind Power Project
• Nippon Unicar Silicone Division Acquisition
• Portfolio Acquisition
• Securitization

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Japan
• New York

Education

• U of Tokyo - Japan

Address

Kamiyacho Prime Place
1-17, Toranomon 4-chome
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 105-0001, Japan

Phones

81.3.6800.1815 (Business Phone)

Faxes

81.3.5401.2725 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com