{"id":870,"date":"2019-06-29T00:39:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=870"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:30:23","slug":"yasuhiro-anan","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/yasuhiro-anan\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasuhiro Anan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yasuhiro Anan is well versed in handling general corporate legal affairs, but primarily specializes in IPO and M&amp;A matters, and providing guidance on general shareholders\u2019 meetings, etc.&nbsp; In particular, with regard to IPO matters, Mr. Anan draws on his experience of being seconded to the IPO department of a leading securities firm to provide practical responses based on the practical aspects of preparing IPOs, such as internal controls for regulatory due diligence, securities and exchange examinations, support for the establishment of corporate governance, and providing advice and preparing opinion letters on the establishment of a legal compliance system. He also handles M&amp;A matters in a wide range from legal due diligence to the preparation and review of various types of supporting documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, as an attorney handling corporate legal affairs in the financial hub of the Kyushu region, Mr. Anan is qualified as a Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant to support clients in their respective business fields as well, and therefore, he is able to respond to a wide range of corporate needs that are not limited to legal matters.<\/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\/4925\/\">Restitution for Unjust Enrichment on the Grounds of Conflict-of-Interest Transactions concerning a Management Dispute between Family Companies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M&amp;A matters of domestic companies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guidance on general shareholders\u2019 meetings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assisting IPOs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handling a variety of consultations relating to corporate reorganization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consultations relating to defenses against hostile takeovers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing legal advice as a member of the Kyushu University Compliance Committee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shareholders\u2019 derivative action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate legal affairs, client consultations, general civil matters, criminal cases, and other matters<\/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>Jan 2026 \u2013 Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sep 2022&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Qualified as a Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2022 &#8211; Mar 2025<\/td><td>Seconded to a private company (a leading securities firm, IPO Department)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 2017<\/td><td>Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dec 2016<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2015<\/td><td>Kyoto University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2013<\/td><td>Osaka University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Sep 2025 \u2013 Present&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, PLATZ Co., Ltd. (listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018 &#8211; 2020<\/td><td>Member of the Kyushu University Compliance Committee<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":46,"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-870","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yasuhiro Anan -partner - Kitahama Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Yasuhiro Anan is well versed in handling general corporate legal affairs, but primarily specializes in IPO and M&amp;A matters, and providing guidance on\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/yasuhiro-anan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yasuhiro Anan -partner - 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