Awards
Yasuhiro Kasahara is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. His main areas of practice are cross-border and domestic M&A, private equity, joint venture and other corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in North, Central and South American matters.
He graduated with an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo in 2005 and with an LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2012. He worked at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP from 2012 to 2014 and at Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados (São Paulo) in 2014. He was also a part-time lecturer (civil law) at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law from 2016 to 2019. He was a Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics from 2019 to 2022.
Practice Areas
Education/Professional Experience
- 2005
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 2006 -
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2012
- Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
- 2012 - 2014
- Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP
- 2014
- Machado Meyer Sendacz Opice Advogados, São Paulo
- 2016 - 2019
- Adjunct Lecturer (Civil Law), The University of Tokyo
- 2017 - present
- Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2019 - 2022
- Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
Awards
Seminars
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October 16, 2025 (Thu) 14:30 - 18:30Nagoya Seminar: Cutting-Edge Legal Issues in Corporate Capital and Global Strategy – Latest Practices in Responding to Shareholder Activism and Cross-Border M&A Strategy
- Fumihide Sugimoto
- Kei Okubo
- Yasuhiro Kasahara
THE STRINGS HOTEL NAGOYA
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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May 14, 2025 (Wed) 16:00 - 17:00New Developments on Transactions involving Control of Listed Companies(Latest Updates on Unsolicited Offers)
- Yasuhiro Kasahara
- Yu Tamura
- Daisuke Ikukawa
Online (Live & On-Demand)
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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May 8, 2025 (Thu) - November 7, 2025 (Fri) 16:00Commemorative Talk Session for the Publication of “Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries & Food Business Law” – Current State and Challenges of “Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries & Food Business Law” as discussed by the Authors
- Yasuhiro Kasahara
- Eiji Miyagi
- Yuichi Miyashita
Online (On-Demand)
- Corporate
- General Corporate
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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April 10, 2025 (Thu) 14:30 - 18:00New Developments on Transactions involving Control of Listed Companies
- Yuko Tamai
- Ryo Okubo
- Yutaka Kuroda
- Yasuhiro Kasahara
Hilton Osaka
- Corporate
- Corporate Governance
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications
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Articles
Lexology Panoramic Next – Private Equity 2025 Japan
(September 2025)
Yasuhiro Kasahara, Masaki Mizukoshi, Yoshitaka Kato (Co-author)
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity/Venture Capital and Startups
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Articles
Chambers Global Practice Guides Private Equity 2025 Japan – Trends & Developments
(September 2025)
Shuichi Nishimura, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Yoshitaka Kato (Co-author)
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity/Venture Capital and Startups
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Articles
Lexology Panoramic Next – Private Equity 2024 Japan
(October 2024)
Yasuhiro Kasahara, Masaki Mizukoshi, Yoshitaka Kato (Co-author)
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity/Venture Capital and Startups
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Articles
Chambers Global Practice Guides Private Equity 2024 Japan – Trends & Developments
(September 2024)
Shuichi Nishimura, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Yoshitaka Kato (Co-author)
- M&A
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity/Venture Capital and Startups