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Position: Managing Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star partner
Bar Admissions:
Japan
New York
Practice Areas:
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Japanese
English
Biography

Mikiharu Mori is the Founding and Managing Partner of Tokyo International Law Office. He has extensive experience advising Japanese and international clients on cross-border M&A, private equity transactions, international arbitration and disputes, energy and infrastructure projects, healthcare, technology, and global compliance matters, including antitrust and anti-corruption investigations.

He has represented a wide range of industrial and financial clients, including major electronics manufacturers, high-technology companies, and chemical and engineering firms. In addition to his legal practice, he frequently speaks at seminars and conferences on cross-border M&A and international disputes, and his insights have been featured in leading business publications and media outlets.

Mikiharu has been recognized in multiple media and legal rankings for his contributions to the field and currently serves as an outside statutory auditor for several Japanese companies.

Recent case highlights
  • Advised a private equity fund based in East Asia on its acquisition of a Japanese company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through a tender offer.

  • Advised Japanese listed company on its acquisition of U.S. and U.K. private companies through stock acquisition

  • Advised Japanese electric power company on its capital investment in overseas offshore wind project in Asia

  • Advised Japanese pharmaceutical company on its negotiation and execution of In-licensing agreement with a Switzerland based commercial-stage biotechnology company (listed on NYSE)

Key practice areas
  • M&A
Sector expertise
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Healthcare
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Technology and telecommunications
Academic qualifications
  • The University of Tokyo, LL.B., (2002)
  • Columbia Law School, LL.M., (2011)
Bar Admissions
  • Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association - 2004
  • New York State Bar Association - 2012
Address:
ARK Mori Building 24F,
1-12-32 Akasaka,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6024
571
Tel:+81 50 5784 3040 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.tkilaw.com/en/members/mikiharumori