Dale Araki is a partner in the firm's Corporate practice and the Mergers and
Acquisitions practice group. He represents Japanese, United States, and other
overseas companies in a variety of cross border business transactions. His
experience features the representation of buyers and sellers across the globe in
mergers, corporate and real estate related acquisitions and investments,
manufacturing and technology joint ventures, and bankruptcy and restructuring
transactions.
Dale also has substantial experience with corporate transactions involving
intellectual property, having represented clients in connection with rights
acquisitions, joint development projects, complex licensing arrangements and other
deals involving software, trademarks, and motion picture, television and other
valuable intellectual property. His clients operate across a broad spectrum of
industries in which managing and protecting intellectual property rights are
critical. Such clients include prominent companies in the technology, medical
products, film, television, publishing, fashion and software consulting industries,
among others.
Dale has consistently been cited as a leading foreign Corporate/M&A lawyer in
Japan by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500
Asia Pacific, and IFLR1000.
