Yuichiro Mori
Partner

Contact

(T) +81.3.6800.1827
(F) +81.3.5401.2725

Education

  • University of California, Davis (LL.M. 1998); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (Diploma 1993); Waseda University (LL.B. 1991)

Bar Admissions

  • Japan

Yuichiro Mori has extensive experience in international and domestic commercial transactions, including restructurings, M&A, buyouts, and joint ventures, and in international and domestic dispute resolutions. He also is frequently appointed by the Tokyo District Court as a bankruptcy trustee.

Yuichiro represents debtors, creditors, distressed investors, and other stakeholders in insolvency proceedings in a variety of industries. His experience includes the corporate reorganization of Asyst Technologies Japan, as Japanese counsel to the Taiwanese customer; the bankruptcy of Kosugi Sangyo K.K., as Japanese counsel to the licensor for Golden Bear; the civil rehabilitation proceedings of Lehman Brothers Japan, as Japanese counsel to the ultimate parent company of Lehman Brothers Group as creditor; and the chapter 11 proceedings of Lyondell Chemical, as advisor to Sumitomo Chemical, a joint venture partner in Japan. He also successfully led the workout of a Japanese consumer finance company in a ¥43 billion debt restructuring involving 15 commercial banks.

Yuichiro is a member of the Japanese Bar Association, the Dai-ichi Bar Association, and the Nationwide Lawyers Network for Insolvency Proceedings.


Yuichiro Mori