Hiroshi Kasuya

Professional Summary

Hiroshi Kasuya helps clients with legal issues related to restructuring and insolvency, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganization. He also has extensive experience representing a variety of clients in litigation and other forms of dispute resolution. Hiroshi serves as a member of the Steering Committee of Baker McKenzie’s Global Restructuring & Insolvency Group.

Hiroshi has been recognized as a leading professional in the area of restructuring and insolvency in Japan by Chambers Asia-Pacific (2022-present), The Legal 500 (2020-present), Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) (2025), Global Restructuring Review (Names to Know in Japan) (2024) and The Best Lawyers in Japan (2021-present).

Practice Focus

Hiroshi focuses his practice on cross-border and domestic corporate restructuring and insolvency, debt collection (including enforcement of judgements and securities), mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganization. He also has extensive experience representing clients in a number of different industries and fields in various types of dispute resolution proceedings.

Representative Clients, Cases or Matters

• Represented a domestically listed sporting goods company in its acquisition of a listed golf goods company.
• Represented a major private equity fund in its takeover bid for a domestically listed apparel company.
• Represented a domestic life insurance company in its insolvency proceedings under the Japanese Corporate Reorganization Act.
• Represented a major Japanese financial company in connection with its insolvency proceedings under the Japanese Civil Rehabilitation Act.
• Represented the Japanese subsidiary of a US semiconductor manufacturer in connection with insolvency proceedings under the Japanese Corporate Reorganization Act in parallel with Chapter 11 proceedings filed by its parent company.
• Represented creditor companies with respect to large cross-border insolvency cases and out-of-court workouts.
• Advised Japanese companies in connection with the cross-border insolvency case of a major shipping company in South Korea.
• Acted for a nuclear power company as Japanese legal counsel in connection with the company’s global insolvency and restructuring.
• Represented a major auto parts maker with respect to its civil rehabilitation case and global restructuring and advised the client in connection with proceedings under chapters 11 and 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code and other foreign insolvency proceedings.
• Represented a major foreign airline company as debtor counsel in filing a petition with the Tokyo District Court to seek recognition of and assistance with the company’s foreign reorganization proceeding pursuant to the Act on Recognition of and Assistance for Foreign Insolvency Proceedings.
• Represented a domestic airline company as debtor counsel in filing a petition for commencement of bankruptcy proceedings.

Publications, Presentations and Articles

Publications and articles

• Co-author, “The Enterprise Value Charge: Japan’s New Floating Charge-Like Security Interest,” INSOL Restructuring Alert, November 2024
• Co-author, Legal Risk Management Practices for Overseas Subsidiaries (Second Version), Chuokeizai-sha, October 2024
• Co-author, “Debt Restructuring Practice in the US, Europe and Singapore,” Shoji Homu, April 2023
• Co-author (as a member of the study group), “Report of Study Group on Financing and Debt Restructuring Practice Utilizing All-Assets Security Interests,” Shoji Homu Kenkyukai, published on the Financial Services Agency’s website, March 2023
• Co-author, “Inherent Conflict between Arbitration and Bankruptcy – US/UK’s Harmonization Efforts and Their Practical Implications for Japanese Law,” JCA Journal, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association, August 2021
• Co-author, “Attachment Orders (Freezing Injunctions) Q&A: Japan,” Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, 2021
• Co-author, “Recent Trends in Distressed M&A – Business Acquisitions under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code,” Business Homu, Chuokeizai-sha, November 2020
• Co-author, “Recovery of Trade Debts Q&A: Japan,” Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, 2020
• Co-author, “An Overview of Spanish Insolvency Law,” Turnaround & Credit Management, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, July 2018
• Co-author, “Realities and Challenges of Chapter 11: An Overview and Analysis of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Recommendations on Reforming Chapter11(1)-(3),” Kokusai Shoji Homu, The Japanese Institute for International Business Law, December 2015; January and February 2016
• Contributor, Doing Business, The World Bank, 2015-2021
• Co-author, An Overview of the Bankruptcy Law of the United States, Shoji Homu, June 2014
• Co-author, “Disclosures Concerning Tender Offers,” Commentary on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Volume 1, Chapter 2-2, Kinzai, April 2011
• Co-author, TOB Handbook (2nd Edition), Nikkei Business Publications, October 2010
• Co-author, A Strategic Manual for Creditors in Bankruptcy Proceedings, Nikkei Publishing Inc., January 2010
• Co-author, Cartel & Leniency Practice, Shoji Homu, March 2008

Presentations

• Lecturer, INSOL Global Insolvency Practice Course, INSOL International, 2023-present
• Speaker, “Closure and Restructuring of Overseas Subsidiaries and Businesses,” INSOL Future Leaders of Japan, November 2024
• Speaker, “Restructuring & Insolvency Laws and Practice for SMEs in Japan,” 2nd International Research Conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, February 2023
• Speaker, “Strategic Restructuring in Asia,” Baker McKenzie, February 2023
• Speaker, “Debt Restructuring Practice in Germany and Creditors’ Involvement,” Japanese Association for Business Recovery (JABR) Symposium 2022, May 2022
• Speaker, “Issues Involved in the Restructuring and Closure of Businesses in the Asia Pacific Region,” Baker McKenzie, June 2021
• Speaker, “Cross-Border Debt Collection — with Case Studies,” 10^th NEXI Debt Collection Seminar, November 2019
• Speaker, “Significant Change – New Common Knowledge in Indian Legal Matters,” September 2019

Admissions

• New York~United States (2012)
• Japan (2000)

Professional Association and Memberships

• Daini Tokyo Bar Association – Member
• American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) – Member
• INSOL International – Member
• Japanese Federation of Insolvency Professionals – Member
• East Asian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring – Member

Education

• St. John’s University, School of Law (LLM in Bankruptcy) (2012)
• University of California, Berkeley School of Law (LLM) (2011)
• Waseda University (Master’s degree in Finance) (2006)
• Waseda University (LLB) (1997)

Languages

Japanese
English

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