Profile and Expertise

Combining his experience of working in a law firm for 6 years in Cambodia, 3 years across Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, Yuto is able to advise on expansion strategies into Southeast Asia, and all
legal matters flowing on from the expansion, as well as support for when disputes arise. He is currently based in Bangkok, and mainly deals with companies looking to expand on a ‘Thailand-plus-one’ basis. He is also an expert in all forms of dispute resolution in the region, including litigation and arbitration.

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• ● Assisting the acquisition of a Thai IT company by a major Japanese IT company
  ● Facilitating a joint venture and researching regulations for a major Japanese trade institution in Cambodia
  ● Facilitating a contract for a major Japanese corporation with the Lao Government for concession agreements
  ● Facilitating joint ventures and researching into foreign investment policies for major Japanese construction company in Laos
  ● Researching into foreign investment policies and expansion options for a Japanese manufacturing company looking to expand into Myanmar
  ● Providing litigation services for a major Japanese corporation against a Thai company (enforcement of a security agreement)
  ● Providing arbitration services for a major Japanese manufacturing company in Thailand facing employment disputes
  ● Providing arbitration services for a Japanese manufacturing company in Cambodia facing employment disputes
  ● Providing litigation services for Japanese finance company against a Cambodian company
  (enforcement of a security agreement)
  ● Providing arbitration services for a Japanese construction company in Laos

• ● Expansion, Development and Withdraw of a Business in Cambodia (Dobunkan, April 2014)
  
  ● Establishing an Enterprise in Cambodia (Kyohan Books, June 2014)
  
  ● Company Law in Cambodia, 2nd Edition (JETRO)
  
  ● Labour and Employment Law in Cambodia (JETRO)
  
  ● A Manual to Establishing a Company in Cambodia (JETRO)
  
  ● Labour Management in Cambodia, 3rd edition (JETRO)
  
  ●Labour and Employment Law in Laos (Japanese translation, Vientiane Japanese Trade Association)
  
  ● Laos VAT Law Reforms (Japanese translation, JETRO)
  
  ● Business Law in Laos (NNA, January 2015)
  
  ● Translating the Laws of Cambodia (all nine tax law, environmental law and trade law)

• ● An Overview of Cambodian Business and Expansion Law (Fukuoka Prefecture Asia Business Centre, 2013)
  ● An Overview of Cambodian Business and Expansion Law (held by a major Vietnamese consulting company, 2013)
  ● Business failures in Cambodia - a case study (held by a major Vietnamese accounting company, 2013)
  ● An Overview of Cambodian Business and Expansion Law(Phnom Penh Commercial Bank, 2014)
  ● An Overview of Lao Law (Ho Chi Min Trade Association, 2015)
  ● An Overview of Cambodian Business and Expansion Law (Kyoto Bank, 2015)
  ● An Overview of Cambodian and Lao Business and Expansion Law (Baker & McKenzie, 2015)
  ● ‘Thailand Plus One’ Expansion Laws (Mizuho Bank Bangkok Branch, 2015)
  ● An Overview of Investment Laws in Cambodia (Funai Soken, 2015)
  ● ‘Thailand Plus One’ Expansion Possibilities (Hachiju Bank, 2015)
  ● An Overview of Cambodian Law (Shiga Bank, 2015)
  ● M&A in Cambodia (ATAGO Financial Group)
  ● ‘Thailand Plus One’ Expansion Possibilities (Bangkok Chamber of Commerce, 2016)
  ● Comparison of Investment Laws in CLM (Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar) (Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Support Centre, 2016)
  ● Investment Opportunities in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, and a Comparison of Legal Systems (Japan ASEAN Centre, 2016)