Mina Arai Ito

Mina provides corporate, commercial and compliance advice for non-Japanese clients wishing to invest in Japan or expand into other regions. She also assists Japanese clients wishing to invest in or expand operations into emerging countries.

Mina assists both domestic and non-Japanese clients with M&A, corporate reorganization, litigation/dispute resolution and general corporate issues. She also advises on risk management, the development of compliance programs and the handling of investigations and helps clients establish regional headquarters, manage their overseas subsidiaries and conduct worldwide multijurisdictional research.

• Japan Egypt Business Council - Committee Member
• Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Tokyo - Special Advisor
• Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Japan - Strategic Advisor
• Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Istanbul, Türkiye - Legal Counsel
• JETRO Cairo, Egypt - Legal Counsel
• Represented the United States government and assisted Mickey Kantor, then US Trade Representative, in strategizing trade negotiations.
• Advised the Egyptian government on a national public infrastructure project.
• Assisted in the Taiwan High Speed Rail BOT Project.
• Assisted in setting up, acquiring, and reorganizing companies and branches in Japan and in advising on business strategies, day-to-day management and governance of these operations.
• Advised on entry and business expansion strategies in the Middle East and Africa while ensuring compliance, including the establishment of distributorships and manufacturing facilities and acquisitions and joint ventures.
• Conducted various pre-investment compliance due diligence and risk analysis in emerging countries.
• Advised on sanctions risks in Iran, Sudan and other jurisdictions.
• Advised on multijurisdictional global reorganizations/restructuring of worldwide operations in more than 20 countries, including South American and CIS countries.
• Helped in the establishment of regional headquarters by reorganizing/restructuring existing subsidiaries and distributors in Asia and the Middle East.
• Conducted worldwide multijurisdictional research on employment, sanctions, antitrust and other compliance regulations and other issues.
• Negotiated and advised on litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution involving termination/dissolution of joint ventures and distributorships and other disputes.
• Advised on the acquisition of companies with advanced technology, technology licenses and transfers and other intellectual property issues.
• Advised on the acquisition of hospitals, local medical and insurance systems, compliance and litigation for Japanese and non-Japanese medical corporations, pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies and trading houses.
• Assisted Japanese and non-Japanese automakers with product recalls, litigation and pre-investment compliance due diligence and in establishing compliance programs.

Mina also assists small and medium-sized Japanese companies with outbound investment and established aid programs including government subsidies.

• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• New Jersey Bar Association
• Tokyo Bar Association
• Research Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Africa (appointed by the Japan Patent Office) - Committee Member
• University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Business Sciences - Lecturer

• Cairo 
• Taipei