History
| March 2006 | Graduated from The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (LL.B.) |
| April 2006 - September 2007 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
| September 2007 | Admitted to Japanese Bar (The Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association) |
| September 2007 | Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba, Tokyo, Japan (currently, Partner) |
| May 2013 | Master of Laws (LL.M.) at Harvard Law School |
| December 2014 | Admitted to New York Bar |
| July 2020 | Graduated from Peking University Law School Ph.D. Course (Ph.D. in Law) |
| January 2023 | Project Associate Professor (Tokunin Jun Kyoju) at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan |
Activities and others
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News
The following Momo-o, Matsuo & Namba attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan, the highly regarded peer-review legal publication by Best Lawyers:
"Antitrust/Competition Law" Nobuaki Mukai and Takashi Kobayashi
"Arbitration and Mediation" Junya Naito
"Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law" Makoto Matsuo, Shuichi Namba and Junya Naito
"Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice" Rin Moriguchi and Yohei Yamada
"Information Technology Law" Takayuki Matsuo
"Insolvency and Reorganization Law" Shigeaki Momo-o and Junya Naito
"International Arbitration" Junya Naito and Tsuyoshi Suzuki
"Litigation" Junya Naito and Motomu Wake
"Private Equity, Private Funds and Venture Capital Law" Shuichi Namba
"Tax Law" Motomu Wake
Takayuki Matsuo was ranked No. 6 in the Nikkei Shimbun's "Ranking of Attorneys in the Practice Areas of AI and Data."
On November 16 and 17, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Takayuki Matsuo and Yui Takahashi served as judges at the Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition, an international intercollegiate competition featuring mock international negotiations and arbitrations.
Takayuki Matsuo, Peter Tyksinski and Cancan Yang have co-authored the Foreign Investment Law Japan chapter of "LexisNexis Dispute Resolution and Foreign Investment Law Guide 2024" published by LexisNexis.
Takayuki Matsuo published an article on LegalTech.