Professionals
Partner
Masato Kobayashi
- Admitted
- 1986, Japan
- masato.kobayashi@city-yuwa.com
- Languages
- Japanese/English
Practices
- General Corporate
- Corporate Governance / Shareholders Meetings
- M&A
- Venture Capital / Private Equity
- Arbitration, Mediation and other ADRs
- Commercial Litigation
- Patent Litigation / Arbitration
- Unfair Competition, Designs, Trademarks and Copyrights
- License Agreement / Technology Transfer Agreement
- Cross-Border Transactions
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Asia Practice
- Life Sciences / Pharmaceuticals
- Health Care
- Fashion and Retail
- TMT
Professional Background / Education
Professional Background
- 1986-1997
- Yuasa and Hara (Partner from 1996)
- 1990-1991
- Shearman & Sterling
- 1997-2003
- Yuwa Partners
- 2003 to Present
- City-Yuwa Partners
Education
- 1984
- The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- 1986
- Legal Training and Research Institute
- 1990
- Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
- Fifteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025. （April 22, 2024）
- Seventeen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for The Best Lawyers in Japan 2024. （April 20, 2023）
- Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 13th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 19, 2022）
- Sixteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 12th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 15, 2021）
- Fifteen lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the 11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 9, 2020）
- Ten lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the Tenth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 4, 2019）
- Ten lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen for the Ninth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan. （April 6, 2018）
- Nine lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan 2018 by Best Lawyers. （March 3, 2017）
- Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （February 26, 2016）
- Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （May 25, 2015）
- Eight lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （October 17, 2014）
- Six lawyers of City-Yuwa Partners were chosen as the Best Lawyers in Japan by Best Lawyers. （May 7, 2013）