Takahito Fujii focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A, strategic alliances, corporate, and securities matters. He is ranked as a rising star in the TMT ranking of Legal 500 (2023-25).

Takahito began his career at a Japanese firm, where he practiced in these areas for seven years. He combines his legal experience with strong business skills developed during a four-year secondment to the M&A advisory department of a major Japanese securities company and refined while employed for nearly three years in the business development team of a Tokyo-based global consumer products company, where he handled cross-border M&A and new investments.

• Co-author, “Venture Capital Investment in Japan,” as part of Lexology’s Getting the Deal Through series, March 2023
• Co-author, “Venture Capital Investment in Japan,” in the Japan M&A Practice Guide published by Lexology as part of this Getting the Deal Through series, May 2021 and May 2022

• “Learning the basics of startup financing through a term sheet,” seminar hosted by Tokyo Women in VC, December 2024 (Tokyo)
• “Investment Practices of Corporate Venture Capital,” seminar hosted by the Financial Management Forum, May 9, 2024 (in Japanese)

• Asian Legal Business Japan Law Awards – Finalist in Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm), Japan, 2022
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – “Rising Stars: Bengoshi” in TMT: Independent Local Firms, Japan, 2023-2025
• The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – “Other Key Lawyers” in Corporate and M&A: Independent Local Firms category, Japan, 2025