Takashi MAEDA Associate
He maintains a broad corporate practice, with extensive experience advising on general corporate matters, while specializing in mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyout (LBO) finance transactions. He was seconded for over two years to a company serving as the General Partner of a mezzanine fund backed by governmental financial institution and major commercial bank as LP investors. During this period, he gained extensive experience in all aspects of fund management, including fund formation, deal sourcing, investment analysis and decision-making processes, contract negotiations, execution, and post-investment management. Drawing on his unique combination of legal expertise and practical business experience, he is committed to providing commercially sound and solution-oriented legal advice, working in close collaboration with clients to help them achieve their business objectives.
Bar Associations and Membership of Other Organizations
Admitted to Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2019)
Education
2016Chuo University (Tokyo, Japan)(LL.B)
2016The University of Tokyo, School of Law (Tokyo, Japan)(J.D.)
Professional Experience
2019Admitted to Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association and Joined Utsunomiya, Shimizu & Haruki
2023Seconded to an Mezzanine Fund
2025Returned to Utsunomiya Shimizu & Haruki
Practice Area
Financial Transactions including Investments and Loans, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Reorganizations, General Corporate