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  • Investment Funds
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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Profile

Mr. Hounslow is not registered in Japan as a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi and neither practices law nor acts as an intermediary of legal matters on any laws in Japan; he does not practice law, or advise on English or any other law in the UK or elsewhere.

Neither Atsumi & Sakai LPC nor Atsumi & Sakai Europe Limited is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.

Bar Admissions
Solicitor in England and Wales (1988) and Hong Kong (1993)
Cayman Islands Attorney (2000)
Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi in Japan (2000, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)

Education
Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (LL.M. ,1985)
Kingston University, London, UK (BA (Hons.) Law, 1984)

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate
  • Investment Funds
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Professional Career

Seminars/ Presentation
*Moderator on "Due Diligence in Japan" at the IFLR/IPBA Asia M&A Conference 2005

Professional Activities and Experience
Clifford Chance (Tokyo, Japan) (2000-2006)
Nishimura & Partners (1999-2000)
Norton Rose (London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Jakarta)(1986-1998)

Articles

Additional Articles*"Practical Considerations for Private Equity Investments"(Co-author) July 2007 edition of Japan Review Asialaw
*"Modernizing Japanese Corporate Law - Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law" June 2003 (co-author)
*"Doing Business in Japan" - Asian Venture Capital Journal (co-author)
*Japan chapter of "Norton Rose on Cross-border Security" (co-author)

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