Takamasa KOBAYASHI

Takamasa KOBAYASHI

ASSOCIATE

TEL : +81-3-3265-3851
FAX : +81-3-3265-3860
E-mail : t-kobayashi@nozomisogo.gr.jp

Takamasa "Taka" Kobayashi is an associate of Nozomi Sogo. He passed Japan’s bar exam in 2011 and was admitted to the bar in Japan in 2012 as well as the New York bar in 2021. He is a member of the State Bar of New York, Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Daini Tokyo Bar Association. He is a certified fraud examiner (CFE).

Practice Areas

・Corporate Law: Corporate Governance, Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Due Diligence
・Compliance: Internal Investigation
・Intellectual Property: Copyright, Trademark Right, Unfair Competition Prevention Act
・Dispute Resolution: Business Litigation
・Antitrust and Trade Regulations
・General Civil and Corporate matters
・Criminal Defense

Experience

Nozomi Sogo, December 2012 to June 2017, August 2021 to present
Associate, Tokyo Office
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, February 2021 to July 2021
Exchange Attorney, Atlanta Office
Covington & Burling LLP., November 2020 to January 2021
Associate, Los Angeles Office
Nozomi Sogo, May 2020 to November 2020
Associate, Los Angeles Law Office
Bank of Japan, Secretariat of the Policy Board Legal Division, July 2017 to June 2019
Seconded Attorney

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, LL.M., 2020
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, Certified, 2012
The University of Tokyo School of Law, J.D., 2011
Tokyo University Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2009

Languages

Japanese and English