The future of legal services in the Asia Pacific

Hideaki Roy Umetsu is a partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and the Managing Partner at New York Office. He focuses on international and domestic M&A transactions, global compliance matters, including anti-corruption complaince, internal investigation, or corporate govenance for oversea subsidiaries. He also gives advice on export controls and other trade-related matters. He was admitted to the bars in Japan (2004) and New York (2010). Umetsu was educated at the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2003) and the University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2009). From 2006 to 2007, he worked as an associate director at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, and he also worked as a foreign associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell from 2009 to 2010.

Focus areas: M&A, FDI/ market entry considerations, Banking & Finance, Insolvency Laws, Privacy & GDPR, Anti-bribery and corruption, Labour and employment issues - Commercial-minded lawyer with a bias for considered action - Extensive experience in successfully managing crises and risks - Dual-qualified (England and India) with experience working in London and India (Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai) Disclaimer: Views expressed are personal and do not reflect that of my employer.

Eli, admitted to practice in China and U.S. (New York), joined JunHe in 2011 and is based in Beijing. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, including foreign direct investment, outbound investment, M&A, etc. Eli has extensive experience across a wide spectrum of industrial sectors including agriculture and animal husbandry, mining, aviation, and education. Eli advises many prestigious clients including multinational corporations, government industry funds, investment institutions and financial institutions on their investments, from incorporation of a local presence, business permits and application, to the legal and regulatory matters that arise in connection the operation activities in China. He also advises many Chinese clients who wish to expand their business offshore, through establishing local entities or M&As with local firms. Eli is the Vice Chairman of Legal Industry Development and Law Firm Management Guidance Committee of Beijing Bar Association, board member of Cross-Border Investment and M&A Committee of Beijing Bar Association, lawyer at Beijing Bar Association's Foreign-related Lawyers Talent Pool, mentor at 'Youth Entrepreneurship Strengthening City' Initiative of Wenzhou Government, lecturer at the China University of Geosciences for Mining Advanced Class (TCM), mentor at Mainland China Legal Internship Programme for Hong Kong Youths and mentor at Western Lawyers Study Programme. Eli was honored on the list of 2024 ALB China Client Choice by the leading legal magazine Asian Legal Business (ALB); and ranked as the Competency Lawyer in the Lexpress 2024 Guide to Excellence in the Legal Services: Overseas Investment / Project.