PwC Legal Japan - Our people - Yusuke Kobayashi
Yusuke Kobayashi
Partner, PwC Legal Japan
Bar admission: Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2008)
Languages: Japanese, English
Areas of practice: General corporate and M&A, Labour, Governance and compliance (including corporate secretarial services), Litigation and arbitration, ESG- and sustainability-related legal services, Restructuring and reorganisation
Yusuke Kobayashi is a partner with PwC Legal Japan. He has been licensed to practice law in Japan since 2008.
He previously worked for a leading UK law firm in their Tokyo and Singapore offices for approximately 10 years. He also has 6 years’ experience working in a leading Japanese trading house. He joined PwC Legal Japan in June 2018.
He has extensive experience in employment, M&A, joint venture transactions, and general corporate matters, in both cross-border and domestic contexts.
Education
| 1998 | University of Tokyo (B.A.) |
2007 |
Waseda Law School |
| 2013 | Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in International Business Law) |
Professional experience
1998–2004 |
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. |
2009–2018 |
Clifford Chance (Tokyo office) |
2013–2014 |
Clifford Chance, Singapore |
2018– |
PwC Legal Japan |
Publications
| February 2025 | Risk & Governance Legal Newsletter（February 2025） |
| November 2023 | Risk & Governance Newsletter (November 2023) |
July 2018 |
PwC Legal Japan News: “Work-Style Reform Legislation in Japan” |
September 2019 |
PwC Legal Japan News: “New Legislation on ‘Power Harassment’ in Japan” |
