Bio

Hiroyuki Kano is a qualified Japanese lawyer ("bengoshi") as well as a qualified lawyer in the US (New York) and Australia (Queensland and Federal). Hiroyuki has more than 20 years' local experience as an Australian lawyer in international transactions, foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, banking and finance, property development, contract negotiation and commercial dispute resolution, closely working with experts in each area. Hiroyuki's expertise is in cross-border M&A and bridging the gap between Australian law and Japanese law, based upon his knowledge and experience as a Japanese qualified bengoshi and an Australian qualified solicitor. Before joining Clayton Utz in 2002, Hiroyuki practised Japanese law as an associate with Anderson Mori & Tomotsune in Tokyo, Japan.