Masashi Adachi, Asia Counsel to the Firm, is based in our Tokyo office.

Before joining the firm in December 2004, Mr. Adachi worked as an executive assistant to a member of the Japanese House of Representatives. Prior to joining the representative’s office, Mr. Adachi worked for 17 years at a major Japanese trading company, including seven years working abroad, where he had responsibility for a wide range of domestic and cross-border legal matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, project finance transactions, ship financings and securitization projects, as well as disputes resolved through litigation and arbitration.

Mr. Adachi served as an editor of the New York University School of Law Journal of International Law and Politics.