Fumi Yamazaki

Associate

Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Tokyo

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Biography

Fumi Yamazaki is a member of the Firm's Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Tokyo. She has been seconded to both the Japanese subsidiary of a major foreign IT company and a listed Japanese logistics company, where she supported and managed corporate reorganization and domestic / cross-border M&A projects. She is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association.

Practice Focus

Fumi focuses on M&A (corporate acquisition and reorganization), corporate law, financial instruments and trade law, environmental law and labor law. She mainly provides legal advice on domestic / cross-border M&A-related legal audits and contract preparation and negotiation in addition to general corporate and labor law matters.

Representative Legal Matters

Assisted in the reorganization of a major foreign IT company.
Assisted in the acquisition of a foreign semiconductor manufacturer and post-acquisition integration and restructuring of a Japanese company (PMI).
Assisted in the acquisition of a logistics subsidiary of a major Japanese manufacturer, including bidding procedures, acquisition of shares, and establishment of a JV.
Provided legal advice and PMI support related to the acquisition of a European logistics company.
Assisted in the acquisition of a logistics company in Thailand, including bidding procedures, acquisition of shares, and establishment of a JV.
Advised on the bankruptcy of a major overseas shipping company.
Advised a major Japanese ink company in its expansion into the US (establishment of a US subsidiary and acquisition of a US company).

Professional Associations and Memberships

Tokyo Bar Association
Special Environmental Committee of the Tokyo Bar Association

Admissions

Japan (2009)

Education

Keio University Law School (JD) (2008)
Chuo University Graduate School of Law (Master of Laws) (2004)
Chuo University (LLB) (2001)

Languages

Japanese
English

                    Publications
                
            Co-author, "Tax Returns and Taxation Business for Lawyers," 2021 edition, LexisNexis, December 2020

Co-author, "Basics of Corporate Management and Formalities," Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd., October 2019

Co-author, "US Business Law Handbook," Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd., March 201 8

Co-author, "Legal, Accounting and Taxation of Contamination Risk Real Estate Transactions," CHUOKEIZAI-SHA HOLDINGS, INC, September 2012

Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.