Yasuchika Fukuda is a partner at Miyake & Partners with a professional focus on cross-border international business matters, antitrust, M&A and litigation. Fukuda’s career combines academic scholarship and international practice: after completing legal education in Japan, Fukuda qualified as a lawyer in Japan and subsequently expanded practice credentials by gaining admission to the New York bar. Fukuda has worked in both Japanese and U.S. legal environments, including a period of employment at a U.S. law firm in Los Angeles, bringing practical experience on transpacific transactions and dispute matters.
Fukuda’s role within Miyake & Partners includes leadership of the firm’s cross-border practice, where Fukuda handles complex multi-jurisdictional transactions and regulatory matters. In addition to private practice responsibilities, Fukuda has maintained strong ties to academia and legal education. Fukuda served as a legal fellow at Kobe University Law School early in the career and later completed doctoral research on competition law, reflecting a sustained engagement with legal research and policy in areas that inform practice work.
Throughout the career, Fukuda has balanced transactional work—such as corporate reorganizations and M&A—with contentious matters, including litigation and antitrust-related disputes. The combination of academic credentials, U.S. legal experience, and practice in Japan positions Fukuda to advise multinational clients on regulatory compliance, cross-border structuring, and dispute resolution involving both domestic and foreign law considerations.
Fukuda’s primary practice areas are antitrust (competition law), international business and trade, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. Within these areas Fukuda focuses on cross-border issues that require coordination among multiple jurisdictions, counsel to clients facing regulatory review, and representation in disputes with an international component.
Typical matters handled include regulatory and competition law advice related to corporate combinations and business restructurings, transactional support for inbound and outbound M&A, negotiation and drafting of complex international commercial agreements, and litigation or dispute resolution arising from cross-border commercial relationships. Fukuda’s background in both Japanese and U.S. legal systems supports effective management of foreign counsel relationships, multi-jurisdictional document production, and strategic planning for disputes and regulatory approvals affecting international transactions.
Fukuda completed an LL.B. at Kyoto University in 2009, followed by legal training at Kobe University Law School, completing a J.D. program in 2011. After passing the Japanese bar and completing judicial training, Fukuda was registered as a lawyer in Japan in 2012. Fukuda pursued advanced academic study at Kobe University, completing a doctoral program in law with a dissertation focusing on competition law (Ph.D., 2019).
Fukuda also completed an LL.M. at UCLA School of Law in 2020, reflecting further specialization in international legal practice and U.S. law. Subsequent professional qualifications include admission to the New York bar in 2021. The combination of Japanese legal qualification, a U.S. LL.M., and New York admission underpins Fukuda’s capacity to handle international business work involving both Japanese and U.S. legal frameworks.
Yasuchika Fukuda is a partner and leader of the cross-border practice at Miyake & Partners, focusing on international business matters, antitrust, M&A and litigation.
His primary practice areas are antitrust (competition law), international business and trade, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation, with an emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters.
Fukuda has worked in both Japanese and U.S. legal environments, including a period at a U.S. law firm in Los Angeles, and handles multi-jurisdictional transactions, regulatory reviews, and cross-border dispute resolution.
Fukuda earned an LL.B. from Kyoto University (2009), completed a J.D. program at Kobe University Law School (2011), a Ph.D. in law from Kobe University (2019) focused on competition law, and an LL.M. from UCLA School of Law (2020).
He was admitted as an attorney in Japan (registered 2012) and admitted to the New York bar in 2021, combining qualifications in both Japanese and U.S. legal systems.
Fukuda is a partner and cross-border team leader at Miyake & Partners, served as a legal fellow at Kobe University (2013–2015), completed a Ph.D. on competition law, worked at Buchalter in Los Angeles, and was appointed Professor (Legal Practice) at Kobe University Graduate School of Law effective 2025.
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