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      News release from AW

    • Firm

      AsiaWise Group is established as “Cross-Border Professional Firm from Asia.”

      AsiaWise is a cross-border multi disciplinary firm focusing on serving clients in the Asian region. We collaborate across Japan, India and Singapore to deliver high quality services to clients keeping in mind local sensitivities and cultural practices. Our roots and our focus is on Asia.

       

      At AsiaWise, we assist our clients in areas of law, intellectual property and risk management. Our team has worked across businesses, practice areas and countries to provide actionable resolution to complex business problems. The services we offer are innovative, effective and tailor made to client needs.

       

      Unlike traditional network firms, our professionals work as a single integrated team, allowing clients to focus on business, while we anticipate, manage and resolve their needs. As a cross-border Firm, we strive to act as a bridge between regions.

       

      Asiawise is a coined word combining Asia and -wise. This word represents our wish to harmonize Asian wisdom. Asia was never one and will not be one. However, because of the differences we have, we can encounter other values, and we can create synergies. AsiaWise Group hopes to realize a society, where people are connected beyond borders, where mutual understanding and respect is cherished between “you” and “us.” While keeping our aspiration high, we are committed to provide professional service in our daily practice.

       

      We realize the following values as the first Asian cross-border law firm

      • Professional
        - professional practitioner, and professional management
      • Diverse
        - value our difference. Asia was never one, and will not be one, but our difference will create strength, i.e., “wise”
      • Innovative
        - be a creative pioneer in the legal industry
        - engaged in the exciting and challenging works

       

         

        We contribute to an integration of the economies, nation states and people for Asia from the legal aspect

        • For the interests of clients: providing the best cross-border legal service to the clients doing cross-border business
        • For the interests of legal community: developing a new career path for lawyers as legal expert for cross-border legal issues
        • For the interests of society at large: contributing to the development of the Asian legal architecture

         

      • Members

        AW consists of Professionals in various areas
         

        Co-Founders

        Kotaro Kubo

        Team
        Legal Team, Leader

         

        Entity
        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Representative Partner
        AsiaWise Digital Consulting & Advocacy KK, Managing Director

        AsiaWise Technology KK, Managing Director

         

        Profession
        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2001)
        Registered Foreign Lawyer in Singapore (2011)

         

         

        Kotaro Kubo has been located abroad for nine years (U.S.A., India, and Singapore). With his professional experience, he specializes in matters related to India, Singapore, and other Southeast Asian countries, which include M&A, crisis management (compliance work), and dispute matters.

         

         

        Education

        Keio University, LL.B. (1999)

        Columbia University School of Law, LL.M. (2008)

         

        Professional Experience

        2001 Joined Nishimura & Asahi

        2008-2009 Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York

        2009-2010 Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A.Shroff & Co., New Delhi

        2010-2011 MITSUI & CO. (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE LTD., Singapore

        2012-2016 Co-representative of Nishimura & Asahi's Singapore Office

        2017 Left Nishimura & Asahi

        2018- Established AsiaWise Group

         

        Language
        Japanese, English (Hindi but थोड़ा थोड़ा )

        Yoshinori Oku

        Team
        IP Team, Leader

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Cross-Border Consulting Singapore Pte. Ltd., Managing Director

         

         

        Yoshinori Oku has been located abroad for 5 years (India and Singapore). With his professional experience, he specializes in matters related to India and ASEAN which include Patent prosecution, Design prosecution, Trade Mark prosecution, Patent litigation, Raid Action.

         

         

        Education
        Tokyo Institute of Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering (2000)

         

        Professional Experience
        2000-2005 Join Matsushita Electric Industrial Corporation (present Panasonic Co. Ltd.); Intellectual Property Development Center
        2006-2011 License Center of Panasonic headquarter
        2012 Establishment of felicite Patent Professional Corporation
        2013 Establishment of felicite IP consulting India Pvt Ltd
        2013 Establishment of felicite IP consulting Singapore Pte Ltd
        2018 Establishment of AsiaWise Group

         

        Work Highlights

        Patent, Design, Trade Mark Prosecution and Patent, Design, Trade Mark Litigation

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Nitin Wadhwa

        Team

        India Legal Team

         

        Entity

        Wadhwa Law Offices, Managing Partner

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (India)

         

        Other

        Supreme Court of India Bar Association

        Bar Council of Delhi

         

        Mr. Wadhwa has over twelve years of professional experience in cross border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate financings, private equity transactions, joint ventures, securities & commercial litigation, corporate governance and risk management. Mr. Wadhwa has originated and lead complex transactions as well as advised clients on managing & resolving disputes. Before setting up Wadhwa Law Offices, he worked with the associate office of Jones Day in India. 

         

        Clerkships
        Law Clerk to Justice P. P Naolekar of the Supreme

        Court of India

         

        Education
        Pune University – BSL. LLB

         

        Professional Experience
        2006 Joined Associate Office of Jones Day

        2016 Founding Partner Wadhwa Law Offices

        2018 Became Associate Firm of AsiaWise

         

        Language 
        English, Hindi & Punjabi

        Other Members

        Yoshinori Sato

        Team
        India Legal Team, Leader

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Partner

         

        Profession
        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2010)

         

         

        Yoshinori Sato has eight years of experience as a lawyer. He worked at a middle size law firm in Tokyo before he joined us. He will be seconded to Wadhwa Law Offices (associate firm of AsiaWise Group in India) in Delhi/Gurugram this year and will work exclusively on the Indian matters. 

         

         

        Education
        Tohoku University, LL.B. (2004)

        Tokyo Metropolitan University, J.D. (2009)

         

        Professional Experience
        2010 Joined domestic law firm in Tokyo

        2019 Joined AsiaWise Group

         

        Language 
        Japanese, English

        Mitsuhisa Watanabe

        Team
        Legal Team

        Data/DX Team, Leader

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Partner

        AsiaWise Digital Consulting & Advocacy KK, Director

         

        Profession
        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2012)

         

         

        Mitsuhisa Watanabe previously worked in law offices which focused on corporate dispute resolution and general corporate law including M&A. His court experience includes handling litigation, provisional attachment, provisional dispositions, bankruptcy and liquidation, and tax litigation. He is also engaged in legal issues regarding data business and AI.

         

         

        Education

        Kyoto University, LL.B. (2008)
        Kyoto University School of law, J.D. (2011)

         

        Professional Experience
        2012-2019 Joined law firms in Tokyo

        2019 Joined AsiaWise Group

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

         

        Kazuhiro Takano

        Team
        Tax Team, Leader

         

        Profession
        Certified Public Accountant (Japan)
        Certified Public Tax Accountant (Japan)

         

         

        Kazuhiro Takano has extensive experiences in tax consulting works as an outside expert. He has also abundant practical experiences in both tax planning and tax audit defense as a Japanese MNC’s tax department leader. He has particularly advanced experiences in tax management for cross-border projects.

         

         

        Education
        Osaka City University, BEc (1995)

         

        Professional Experiences
        1997 – 2002 ASG audit corporation
        2003 – 2016 PwC Tax Japan
        (2008 – 2011 Seconded to PwC India)
        2016 – incumbent LIXIL Corporation

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Kohei Yamazaki

        Team
        GRC Team, Leader

        Tax Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Digital Consulting & Advocacy K.K. Director

         

        Profession

        Certified Public Accountant (Japan)

        Certified Public Tax Accountant (Japan)

         

         

        Kohei Yamazaki is a Japanese certified public accountant(CPA) with over ten years of professional experience in Governance Risk & Compliance(GRC) area. Kohei has extensive experience for multinational companies in statutory financial audit, international tax advisory services and risk advisory services such as enhancement corporate governance project, forensic accounting, factory quality audit, global internal audit project, Bribery audit, and China regulatory technology project in Big4 accounting firms.

         

         

        Education
        Keio University, B.A.(Policy Management) (2004)
        Tsinghua University Chinese Language Program(2012-2013)

         

        Professional Experience
        2007-2012 KPMG AZSA LLC
        2013-2015 PwC Tax Japan
        2015-2016 PricewaterhouceCoopers Consultants(Shenzhen)Limited,Shanghai Branch
        2017-2021 Deloitte Touch tohmatsu LLC
        2021 Joined AsiaWise Group

         

        Language

        Japanese, English, Chinese (Mandarin)

        Masayuki Tani

        Team
        Legal Team
         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Counsel

         

        Profession
        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2009)
        BTA Certified Blockchain Solution Architect (2019)

        Masayuki Tani has been involved in mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions and now focuses on the area of technology of blockchain/Web3 and data management. He is coding with Python, Typescript and smart contracts (Rust, Solidity etc.).

        Education
        The University of Tokyo, LL.B. (2006)
        The University of Tokyo, School of Law (2008)

        Professional Experience
        2009 - 2015 Nishimura & Asahi
        2015-2021 Law firms and a company
        2022 Joined AsiaWise Group

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Deepayan Das

        Team
        India Legal Team

         

        Entity
        Wadhwa Law Offices, Founding Partner

         

        Profession
        Attorney at Law (India)

         

        Other

        Supreme Court of India Bar Association

        Bar Council of Delhi

         

         

        Deepayan has over ten years of professional experience and focuses and specializes in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity and general corporate matters. Deepayan has experience in representing both, buy and sell side in transactions and regularly advises and counsels board of directors, senior management and owners of international and domestic companies on corporate governance, new policy, and strategic initiatives as well as corporate social responsibility. Before co-founding Wadhwa Law Offices, Deepayan has worked with leading international and domestic law firms.

         

         

        Education
        NALSAR University of Law (B.A. LL.B (Hons))

         

        Professional Experience
        2008 Joined Associate office of Jones Day
        2011 Joined AZB & Partners
        2016 Founding Partner Wadhwa Law Offices
        2018 Became Associate Firm of AsiaWise

         

        Language
        English, Hindi, Oriya & Tamil

        Adarsh G

        Team

        India Legal Team

         

        Entity

        Wadhwa Law Offices, Partner

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (India)

         

        Other

        Supreme Court of India Bar Association

        Bar Council of Delhi

         

         

        Adarsh is a senior member of Wadhwa Law Offices and heads Bangalore office and the Private Equity & Venture Capital practice in India. Adarsh has over eight years of professional experience and focuses on venture capital funding; strategic investments; domestic and inbound acquisitions; regulatory and technology matters. Before joining Wadhwa Law Offices, Adarsh has worked with leading international and domestic law firms.

         

         

        Education

        NALSAR University of Law (B.A. L.L.B (Hons))

         

        Professional Experience

        2008 Joined India Associate Office of Jones Day

        2014 Joined SAMVĀD: Partners

        2019 Joined Wadhwa Law Offices. Set up Bangalore office

         

        Language

        English, Hindi & Kannada

         

        Miki Fujita

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity
        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Counsel

        Lisse KK, Managing Director

         

        Profession
        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2001)

         

         

        Miki Fujita has represented international and domestic clients in litigation and arbitration with respect to transactions between Japanese companies and foreign companies, among others, located in Southeast Asian countries and African countries.
        Based on the experience above, she specializes in international commercial litigation and arbitration as well as dispute avoidance with respect to transactions between Japanese companies and foreign companies, among others, located in Southeast Asian countries and African countries.

         

         

        Education
        2001 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
        2007 Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)

         

        Professional Experience
        2001 Joined Nishimura & Asahi
        2004-2006 Deputy Secretary-General of the Japan Association of Arbitrators
        2005-2006 Deputy Secretary-General of the ADR Center of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
        2007-2008 Seconded to Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York
        2013 Partner at Nishimura & Asahi
        2018 Left Nishimura & Asahi
        2019 Joined AsiaWise, Incorporation of a company for legal-tech services

         

        Language 
        Japanese, English

        Ravi Prakash

        Team
        India Tax Team
        Entity
        Wadhwa Law Offices, Of Counsel
        Supreme Court Bar Association
        Delhi High Court Bar Association
        The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (India)

        Certified Public Accountant (India)

         

         

        Ravi is a dual qualified (chartered accountant and lawyer) legal and tax professional with over 35 years’ experience in legal, financial, accounting and tax matters. Ravi has vast experience in assisting clients across a variety of sectors and industries including telecommunications, IT, ITeS, healthcare, banking and financial services. Ravi has advised and represented many overseas corporations, multi-national companies, public and private companies, law firms, accounting firms, PE investors, FIIs/FPIs etc. on income-tax matters, tax planning, tax management, litigation support, transaction tax advisory (including corporate and business structuring, mergers, de-mergers, joint ventures, disinvestments), succession planning, personal tax, corporate law and compliances, accounting and disclosures, white collar crimes, accounting and fraud investigations etc.

         

         

        Education
        Chartered Accountancy (1985)
        LL.B. (2007)

         

        Professional Experience
        1990 Head – Tax, Max India Limited, New Delhi
        2003 Head–Knowledge Management, PwC, Delhi
        2007 Senior Partner, AZB & Partner, New Delhi
        2021 Of Counsel, Wadhwa Law Offices

        Associates

        (alphabetical order)

        Guangjia Justin Jiang

        Team
        Legal Team

        Team Greater China, Leader

        Data/DX Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

         

        Guangjia Justin Jiang is a legal professional with experience in transactional law in jurisdictions including Japan, China PR, and the state of New York. At AsiaWise Legal, he strives to change the game for cross-border entrepreneurs under the motif - why "play away" when we can "play home" across the globe with the right-minded legal support.

         

        Education

        Nagoya University, LL.B. (2019)

        New York University, Visiting Scholar (2017-18)

         

        Language

        Japanese, English, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese)

        Haruka Koga

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2018)

         

         

        Haruka Koga worked at legal department of Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc. as an in-house lawyer and engaged in overseas investment projects. She decided to join AsiaWise Group in order to experience more cross-border projects and assist Japanese companies.

         

         

        Education
        Osaka University, LL.B. (2014)
        Osaka University Law School, J.D. (2016)

         

        Professional Experience
        2018-2020 Joined Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.
        2020 Joined AsiaWise Group

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Kiyoshi Kojima

         Team

        Legal Team 

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate 

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (Japan,2016) 

         

         

        Kiyoshi Kojima started his career at humanresource and corporate communication & investor relation of AGC Inc. Afterregistering as a lawyer, he joined a law firm in Tokyo and then moved to Ishizaki & Yamanaka which specializes in labor law. He has extensive experiences of all kinds of labor law cases.  

         

         

        Education 

        Keio University, Bachelor of Arts inBusiness and Commerce. (2002) 

        Osaka University Law School, J.D. (2013)  

         

        Professional Experience 

        2016 Joined domestic law firm in Tokyo 

        2017 Joined Ishizaki & Yamanaka 

        2022 Joined AsiaWise Group  

         

        LrofessionalExperience

        Japanese, English 

        Masaki Nakatsuka

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2018)

         

         

        Masaki Nakatsuka worked at a law firm in Tokyo as a lawyer and was mainly responsible for a wide range of litigation cases in Japan.
        He joined AsiaWise Group in order to realize his long-cherished dream to be a cross border lawyer especially in the field of Asia. Now, he handles projects that support Japanese companies doing business with Asian and other overseas companies. Also involved in the legal tech company Lisse Inc.

         

         

        Education
        Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Language and Area Studies) (2007)
        University of Tokyo, School of Law, J.D. (2011)

         

        Professional Experience
        2018-2020 Joined law firm in Tokyo
        2020 Joined AsiaWise Group

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

         

        Nobuyuki Nishio

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2017)

         

         

        Nobuyuki Nishio has worked at tax firm and law firms in Tokyo. He has supported various corporate clients on international tax, M&A, foreign regulation research, legal function consulting and so on. He joined AsiaWise Group in 2021 to focus on cross-border challenges.

         

         

        Education
        Okayama University, LL.B. (2013)

        Kyoto University School of law, J.D. (2015)

         

        Professional Experience
        2017-2021 Joined tax firm and law firms in Tokyo

        2021 Joined AsiaWise Grou

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Sosaku Nitta

        Team

        India Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

         

        Sosaku Nitta passed the Japanese national bar exam and started his carrier in a global accounting firm in India. He has experience in the field of accounting, audit, Corporate Law and other regulations, corporate tax, individual tax, GST, customs, transfer pricing, liquidation, and M&A. He decided to join AsiaWise Group from 2021 seeking for a work place where he can support clients in cross border matters by utilizing his legal and accounting knowledge of Japan as well as India.

         

         

        Education
        Kyoto University, LL.B.(2017)
        Hitotsubashi University Law School, J.D. (2019)

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Yosuke Tanaka

        Team

        IP Team

        Data/DX Team

        Technology Team, Leader

         

        Entity
        AsiaWise Cross-Border Consulting Singapore Pte. Ltd.

        AsiaWise Digital Consulting & Advocacy K.K. Director

         

         

        Yosuke Tanaka has ten years of experience in Intellectual Property, both in-house and firm in Japan and Singapore. He focuses on patent drafting, patent search, IP portfolio management in Southeast Asia and India. He has experiences especially in technical fields of mechanics, electronics, information and communication technology (ICT).

         

         

        Education
        Kyoto University, Bachelor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2004)

        Kyoto University, Master in Electronics Engineering (2006)

        National University of Singapore, Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law (2011)

         

        Professional Experience
        2006 Joined Philips Intellectual Property & Standard (Japan)

        2011 Joined Patrick Mirandah Co. (Currently known as Mirandah Asia) (Singapore)

        2014 Joined Spruson & Ferguson (Singapore)

        2019 Joined AsiaWise Group

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Aya Uemura

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2022)

         

         

        Aya Uemura worked at district publicprosecutors offices in Tokyo and Okayama as a public prosecutor. In 2022, she decidedto change her career path and registered as a lawyer in order to support Japanese companies in the fields of Asian legal affairs that she learned when she was a student.  

         

        Education 

        Kobe University, LL.B. (2015) 

        Kobe University Law School, J.D. (2018)  

         

        Professional Experience 

        2019-2021 a public prosecutor at Tokyodistrict public prosecutors office 

        2021 a public prosecutor at Okayamadistrict public prosecutors office 

        2022 Joined AsiaWise Group  

         

        Language  

        Japanese, English 

         

         

         

        Yuhei Yokoyama

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

        Profession

        Attorney at Law (Japan, 2017)

         

         

        Yuhei Yokoyama has professionally experienced as a lawyer in a law firm in Tokyo and he has been seconded to a consulting firm, Corporate Catalyst India (CCI), in 2018. Currently he works on cross-border issues mainly in India including setting up, compliances and other corporate consultancies for Japanese companies in India at our Tokyo office.

         

         

        Education
        Keio University, LL.B. (2012)
        Keio University Law School, J.D. (2015)

         

        Professional Experience
        2017 Joined law firm in Tokyo
        2018 Joined AsiaWise Group and seconded to Corporate Catalyst India
        2019 Started working at our Tokyo office

         

        Language
        Japanese, English

        Churan Zhang

        Team

        Legal Team

         

        Entity

        AsiaWise Legal Japan, Associate

         

         

        Churan Zhang joined AsiaWise Group in order to continue to create new possibilities for himself by combining practical experience and academic knowledge, while challenging himself to practice in the cross-border area. He is willing to provide high quality legal services to clients, while demonstrating his expertise in the future.

         

        Education

        Nanzan University, Faculty of Policy Studies (2014)

        Nagoya University Graduate School of Law, Master's Program in Law (2018)

        Nagoya University Graduate School of Law, Doctoral Program in Law (2022)

         

        Professional Experience

        Daido University, Lecturer (The Constitution of Japan) (2021-2022)

        National Institute of Technology, Toyota College, Lecturer (The Constitution of Japan) (2021-2022)

         

        Language

        Japanese, English, Chinese

      • Base Camp

        Our camps in Asia Region

        Base Camp in Japan

        AsiaWise Legal Japan (AsiaWise法律事務所)

        • Address: 15th Floor Toranomon Hills Business Tower, 1-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6415

        (JP: 〒105-6415 東京都港区虎ノ門1-17-1 虎ノ門ヒルズビジネスタワー15階)

         

        Base Camp in India

        Wadhwa Law Offices*

         

        • Address: 5th Floor, Tower 4B, DLF Corporate Park, Mehrauli-Gurgaon Rd, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana 122002, India

        *Associate Firm in India

         

         

        Base Camp in India

        Wadhwa Law Offices Bangalore*

         

        • Address: 40, Primrose Road, Off MG Road, Bengaluru 560025, India

        *Associate Firm in India

        Base Camp in Singapore

        AsiaWise Cross-Border Consulting Singapore Pte. Ltd.

        • Address: #03-01/02 Helios, 11 Biopolis Way, Singapore 138667

        *Our Singapore office is not qualified to provide any local or foreign legal service, as it is a consulting firm.

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