Mr Rikita Karakawa > Abe, Ikubo & Katayama > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile

Abe, Ikubo & Katayama
GranTokyo South Tower,
1-9-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-6613,
Japan

Work Department

Legal Division

Position

Partner

Career

(2011) Admitted to the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, joined Abe, Ikubo & Katayama

(2018-2019) Kirkland & Ellis LLP (San Francisco), Visiting Attorney

(2019) Admitted in the State of New York

(2019) Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek PartGmbB (Düsseldorf), Visiting Attorney

Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Brussels), Visiting Attorney

Languages

Japanese and English

Memberships

International Insolvency Institute NextGen Class XI

Inter Pacific Bar Association Insolvency Committee Vice Chair

Education

(2008) University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

(2010) University of Tokyo Law School (J.D.)

(2018) University of Chicago Law School (LL.M.)

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Restructuring and insolvency: Independent local firms

The restructuring and insolvency team at Abe, Ikubo & Katayama has broad corporate expertise, handling the full gamut of bankruptcy matters, including significant insolvency cases in Japan, in addition to cross-border restructuring mandates. Practice co-head Eiji Katayama handles corporate reorganisations, and Kazuyuki Taguchi has experience in advising on the turnaround of corporate businesses. Hisashi Ito acts in an array of civil rehabilitation cases and liquidations on behalf of various companies. Business rehabilitation is also an area of focus for Hirofumi Kato, whose practice consists of legal and voluntary liquidation mandates. The firm’s disputes practice covers both in- and out-of-court cases, and Rikita Karakawa contributes her broad experience of negotiation and litigation in out-of-court private rehabilitations.