
Partner
Taro Yamada
- Bar admissions
- Daiichi Tokyo Bar (2005)
- Languages
- JapaneseEnglish
- Practice areas
- M&A & CorporateCrisis Management & Compliance
Profile
Taro focuses on M&A and corporate work for clients ranging from listed companies to high-growth businesses. He prefers to be involved from the earliest stage of a deal, staying with it through structuring, addressing the risks due diligence surfaces, negotiation and closing.
In crisis management and compliance he has handled everything from first-response when an issue surfaces, through supporting independent investigation committees, to designing measures that prevent recurrence. In a crisis his aim is not only the legally correct answer but a landing the client can keep trading from.
Education & career
- 2003
LL.B., University of Tokyo
- 2005
Admitted in Japan (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)
- 2011
LL.M., Columbia Law School
- 2011–2012
Seconded to a law firm in New York
- 2016
Partner, Hengdu Law Office
Publications
- 2023
"W&I Insurance in Cross-Border M&A"
Shoji Homu (co-author)
- 2021
"Designing Independent Investigation Committees"
Business Homu
Lectures & seminars
- 2024
Recent Developments in M&A Practice
Japan CFO Association
- 2022
First Response to Corporate Misconduct
Keiei Hoyukai
