About Gen Takahashi
Gen Takahashi handles a variety of corporate matters with a particular focus on cross-border M&A transactions involving Japanese entities. He provides thorough and practical legal advice based on his experience of working in Singapore and Australia, as well as at the M&A division of a major securities firm in Japan. His other major areas of practice encompass domestic M&A deals including public deals, general corporate, anti-trust and commercial contracts. He also regularly advises on labor and dispute resolution matters for domestic and overseas clients.
Practice Areas
Corporate
- Corporate and Commercial Transactions
- Corporate Governance
- Shareholders’ Meetings and Relationships with Shareholders
- Shareholder Activism
- Corporate Disputes
- Support for Start-ups
M&A
- M&A/Business Restructuring
- Joint Ventures
- Business Alliances
- Venture Capital
- Private Equity/Funds
- Hostile Takeovers
- Cross-border M&A
Labor and Employment
- Labor and Employment Disputes
- Labor and Employment Issues Associated with Corporate Restructuring Drafting and Review of Work Rules and Employment Contracts
- Labor and Employment Law Compliance
Competition/Antitrust
- International Cartels and Leniency
- Merger Control
- Dominance and other Unilateral Conduct
- Competition Compliance
Dispute Resolution
- General Commercial Litigation
- International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Labor and Employment Disputes
- Companies Act related Disputes
- International Arbitration
International Practice
- Hong Kong
- India
- Singapore
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Myanmar
- Other ASEAN countries
- United States
- EU
- Other Central and South American Countries
- Other Jurisdictions
- Australia
Practice Groups
- Corporate Transaction Group
- Dispute Resolution Group
- Labor Law Group
- Competition Law Group
- Asia and Emerging Countries Practice Group
Background
- Mar 2001 – The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- Mar 2006 – The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; graduate study
- Sep 2007 – Started to work at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
- Apr 2010-Mar2011 – Worked for M&A Advisory Department of a Major Domestic Securities Firm
- May 2013 – Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
- Sep 2013-Sep 2014 – Associated with Clayton Utz, Sydney
- Jan 2015-Nov 2016 – Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Singapore Office
- Dec 2016 – Returned to work at Tokyo Office
- Jan 2019 – Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
