Yutaro Ito focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A, start-up investments, corporate law, securities regulations, and other general corporate matters.

Yutaro began his career at a Japanese firm, where he practiced in domestic M&A and general corporate matters. He has also spent two years on secondment in the principal investment and the private equity fund departments of a major Japanese securities company, where he engaged in domestic and cross-border M&A, start-up investments, finance, and renewable energy projects.

• Co-author, “the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Regulations regarding Non-compete Clauses,” October 2023 issue of Business Homu (in Japanese)
• 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
• Co-author, “Cross-Border CVC: a Comparison of Key Investment Trends and Legal Practices in Japan, the US, the UK, German, India, and Israel,” September 2022 issue of Junkan Keiri Jouhou (in Japanese)

• “Key tips in Corporate Venture Capital in five jurisdictions (US, England, Germany, Israel, and India),” webinar sponsored by Financial Management Forum, December 2022