Total Access Japan: Legal Q&A Session with Orrick Attorneys
Seminar | October.18.2018 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm (Tokyo Standard Time)
Orrick Tokyo Office日本語：Total Access Japan: Q&Aセッション
Orrick's Total Access Japan Event Series provides entrepreneurs business, tactical, and legal education through complimentary panels and seminars and networking events. The next event will take place on Thursday, October 18 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
Starting and running a technology company can raise numerous legal questions. Join a group of Orrick attorneys for a complimentary legal Q&A session. With the participation from Orrick Tokyo partner, Hiroki Sugita, this event will also feature Joseph Perkins, partner in Orrick’s Silicon Valley office, with extensive experience in advising both Japanese and US startups, giving you the opportunity to receive answers to legal issues from a Japanese and US perspective. You are free to prepare some questions and address them directly to Orrick attorneys.
Drinks and light snacks will be provided and time will be set aside for networking.
Orrick Attorneys:
Joseph Perkins, Partner, Technology Companies Group, Silicon Valley
Hiroki Sugita, Japanese Bengoshi, Partner, M&A and Private Equity, Tokyo
Date & Time: Thursday, October 18 from 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Orrick Tokyo Offices (Map)
Language: English and/or Japanese (no simultaneous interpretation)
Fee: Free of charge
Registration: RSVP by October 16 (Tuesday)
For questions, please contact Aya Mori.
Practice:
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Technology Companies Group
- Fintech
Hiroki Sugita Partner
Tokyo
He also has extensive experience in fund formation, real estate and various types of finance transactions.
Hiroki has a deep understanding of clients’ needs from his secondment experience with a U.S. investment bank in 2005 and a Japanese major trading house from 2012 to 2014.
Prior to joining Orrick, Hiroki worked at O’Melveny’s Tokyo office as a counsel where he mainly worked on cross border M&A.
Practice:
- Technology & Innovation Sector
- Technology Companies Group
- Blockchain & Digital Assets
- Japan
- Mergers & Acquisitions
Joseph Perkins Partner
Silicon Valley
Joseph helps companies navigate the evolving digital asset landscape, with particular emphasis on Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization, governance and corporate structuring, stablecoin compliance and implementation, and blockchain-based financial services. He assists clients in navigating regulatory requirements for token launches and blockchain product implementations, while developing fundraising strategies tailored to the digital asset ecosystem. From securities law analysis to federal and state regulatory compliance, Joseph has become a trusted advisor for companies building transformative blockchain infrastructure and applications.
As a member of Orrick’s Technology Companies Group, Joseph assists cutting-edge technology companies and investors with general corporate counseling, private venture capital financing, and M&A services. Joseph has had the opportunity to work with some of the most iconic companies in Silicon Valley, advising on corporate strategy and fundraising matters.
Joseph plays a key role in connecting the Silicon Valley and Japan tech and venture ecosystems. He advises Japanese technology companies and corporate venture capital funds, leveraging his Silicon Valley background to support their growth. Fluent in Japanese, Joseph maintains strong ties to Japanese businesses and collaborates closely with Orrick’s Tokyo practice.