PwC Legal Japan - Our people - Yasuyuki Iwasaki
Yasuyuki Iwasaki
Partner, PwC Legal Japan
Attorney at Law (Japan, Daini Tokyo Bar Association) (2006)
Certified Public Accountant (Japan) (2007)
Languages: Japanese, English
Areas of practice: General corporate and M&A, Tax advice, Tax investigation advice and tax litigation, Governance and compliance (including corporate secretarial services), Litigation and arbitration, Wealth management, Public sector, Restructuring and reorganisation
E-mail: yasuyuki.iwasaki@pwc.com
Yasuyuki Iwasaki mainly engages in M&A, corporate law, group restructuring, and joint venture structuring, both domestic and cross-border. He also has extensive experience in government and public sector support, corporate governance and compliance and corporate crisis management, particularly regarding corporate accounting fraud. From 1998 to 2002, prior to his legal career, he worked as a CPA for a major international accounting firm where he gained experience in accounting audits for listed companies as well as in M&A transactions from an accounting perspective. From 2006 to 2014, he worked as a lawyer for one of the largest law firms in Japan handling M&A transactions, complex general corporate matters related to legal, accounting and tax issues, and corporate crisis management regarding accounting and tax disputes and litigation. Subsequently, he worked for both the legal and business development departments of a Japan-headquartered global company where he handled M&A transactions from the legal, accounting, and business perspectives.
Education
1999 |
Waseda University (B.A.) |
Professional experience
1998–2002 |
Tohmatsu & Co (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) |
2006–2014 |
Nishimura & Asahi |
2014–2016 |
Japan Display Inc. |
2016– |
PwC Legal Japan |
Publications
| November 2023 | Risk & Governance Newsletter (November 2023) |
December 2011 |
The Labour and Employee Benefits multi-jurisdictional guide (Japan chapter) (Co-author) |
Seminars
2019–2021 |
Practical points of joint venture agreements and shareholder agreements Practical points from the start of considerations for a M&A transaction to after closing |
