OF COUNSEL
Yunosuke HIRANO
- TEL : +1-310-919-3268
- E-mail : yhirano@nozomisogo.gr.jp
Yunosuke Hirano is Of Counsel of Nozomi’s Los Angeles office. He has a wide range of experience in cross-border transactions including investments in startups, M&A, and commercial agreements. Before joining Nozomi, he worked at a Japanese law firm and also worked as Deputy General Counsel at a Japanese listed company and its U.S. subsidiary.
Practice Areas
- ・Cross-border Investments: investment agreements, mergers, joint ventures in countries such as the U.S., Japan, Israel, India and southeast asia countries.
- ・International Transactions: commercial contracts such as sale and purchase agreements, service agreements, and distribution agreements.
- ・General Corporate Matters: service terms and conditions, privacy policy, internal policies, and authorization matrix for Japanese corporations and its foreign subsidiaries.
Experience
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Nozomi Sogo, Of Counsel, December 2025 – Present
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VisasQ Inc. / Coleman Research Group, Inc., Deputy General Counsel, January 2023 – December 2025
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Kitahama Partners, Partner, January 2022 – January 2023
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Ephraim Abramson & Co., Visiting Attorney, August 2019 – December 2019
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Kitahama Partners, Associate, December 2012 – December 2021
Education
- Cornell Law School, LL.M., 2019
- Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, Certified, 2012
- Osaka University Law School, J.D., 2011
- Osaka University Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2009
Languages
- Japanese and English