Summary

Summary

Satoshi Hirota worked for a major legal office specializing in corporate affairs, where he was responsible for making arrangements, contract negotiations and providing legal advice on M&A projects including mergers, buyouts, business transfers, stock transfers, stock swaps and policies to prevent hostile acquisition as well as financing projects including project financing, asset liquidation and securitization and issuing corporate bonds. He then began working for a US-based law office where he was involved in establishing a credit facility for a private equity fund. After returning to Japan, he joined a private equity fund where he was responsible for examining potential investments, providing business management advice and overseeing exit processes, a role which saw him successfully complete two exit projects. He then took up the post as an executive officer responsible for service at an IT company that the fund had invested in. In order to leverage his business experience to provide a new corporate legal support service, he then launched HCA Law.

Major academic and career history milestones

• 2001Graduated from Kyoto University (Faculty of Law)
• 2002～2008Worked for a major law office specializing in corporate affairs
• 2008Awarded L.L.M by Duke University School of Law
• 2008～2009Work for a US-based international law firm in Dallas and New York
• 2009～2014Worked for an independent private equity company (responsible for investments and business management support)
• 2014～2015Worked for an IT venture company (with overall responsibility for quality and service)
• 2015Established HCA Law as principal lawyer

Memberships

• Daini Tokyo Bar Association
• Business continuation research group (Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
• Japan In-House Lawyers Association

Speeches and publications

Publications

Responsibilities of banking directors regarding financing: Focusing on financing of project capital (1)-(5) Legal Work in Banking 21 (November 2005-May 2006)

Speeches

“Recent Trends in M&A and Practical Measures for Preventing Acquisitions: TOB, MBO/LBO, Going Private, New Company Law, Strategies for Preventing Hostile Takeovers” Financial Facsimile News Seminar (Co-presenter, November 2005)

“Why a Buyout by an Investment Fund is an Effective Option for Business Continuation” Tokyo Appraisal Seminar: Inheritance and the Essence of Business Continuity for Accountants and Tax Accountants” (Co-presenter, 2012)