Jiro Toyokawa | People | Baker McKenzie

Jiro Toyokawa heads the Firm’s Corporate/M&A practice group in Tokyo and he has over 20 years of experience in legal practice. He has been listed as a leading individual in Japan for Corporate/M&A in Chambers Asia-Pacific for a decade (2010-2020). Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, he was a partner at Linklaters.

Practice Focus

Jiro’s practice focuses on M&A (especially both inbound and outbound cross-border M&A) and joint ventures. He is also well-versed in M&A-related matters, including employment and merger control issues, and has experience advising on a variety of commercial transactions involving license agreements, venture capital funds, stock options, securitizations and litigation stemming from corporate reorganizations. Jiro routinely handles matters related to corporate law, securities law (including stock exchange regulations), employment law, antitrust law and foreign exchange law. He has assisted many clients seeking to expand overseas and has advised numerous corporations in the insurance, IT and industrial sectors. Jiro has also advised Japanese companies on their outbound investments in the US, the UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Türkiye, Australia, Poland, Singapore and Thailand, among others.