{"id":3405,"date":"2022-12-23T10:11:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T01:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=3405"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T08:55:59","slug":"hikaru-horiyama","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/hikaru-horiyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Hikaru Horiyama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since joining Kitahama Partners, Hikaru Horiyama has directly handled a wide range of cases, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, as well as labor and employment, real estate, and construction matters. In the field of M&amp;A, he has been involved in numerous cases irrespective of scale or industry. 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He is devoted to self-improvement and providing optimal solutions by taking advantage of his perseverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/5512\/\">The Privatization of I-PEX Inc. through an MBO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education \uff06 Professional Career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Dec 2022<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Kitahama Partners <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2021<\/td><td>Osaka University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2018<\/td><td>Tohoku University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>2025\u00a0<\/td><td>Adjunct Lecturer, Kindai University (Sports and Corporate Law \/ Labor Law)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>Adjunct Lecturer, Osaka Metropolitan University (Corporate Law)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>Adjunct Lecturer, Osaka Metropolitan University (Corporate Law)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":93,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3405","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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