{"id":5418,"date":"2025-04-07T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=5418"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:58:37","slug":"yu-matsuzaki","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/yu-matsuzaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Yu Matsuzaki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since joining the firm, Yu Matsuzaki has handled a wide variety of cases, across both corporate law and general civil law, including fraud investigations, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy cases, restructuring, litigation and negotiation matters, as well as family court cases such as inheritance cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Matsuzaki aspired to become an attorney out of a strong desire to be a positive force in the moments where an individual faced difficult situations and provide solutions so that they could overcome such challenges. 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