Haruya Suzuki practices in the areas of domestic and cross border M&A and start-up investments, general corporate matters, employment, insolvency, compliance matters, and dispute resolution. Haruya currently acts as a bankruptcy trustee at the Tokyo District Court.

Haruya was admitted to the Japanese Bar in 2014 and was a partner at a domestic law firm before joining southgate.

• Co-author, “Venture Capital 2024” as part of Lexology’s Panoramic series, March 2024
• Co-author, “Q&A: process for venture capital investments in Japan,” as part of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through series, March 2023
• Co-author, “Snapshot: economic terms for venture capital investments in Japan,” as part of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through series, March 2023