Shinya Akiyama, a Pillsbury Corporate partner and co-leader of the firm’s Japan Practice team, has counseled Japanese companies on starting, acquiring and managing U.S. businesses, and preventing and defending lawsuits, for 28 years.

Robert “Bob” Hollingshead is an accomplished litigator with a strong engineering background, whose practice focuses on patent litigation, adversarial patent license negotiations, and strategic IP counseling. His practice spans the U.S., Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Chris Patay, co-leader of the firm’s Japan Practice Team and former leader of Pillsbury’s Corporate Group in Los Angeles, advises companies on mergers and acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other significant corporate matters.

Katsumi Shirai represents global financial institutions and investment funds and multinational corporations from English- and German-speaking countries in downstream investments across Asia, particularly in Japan.

Masao Kasatsugu is a counsel in Pillsbury’s Tokyo office and a member of the Project Finance and Asset Finance teams.

Leo Lin is a multilingual finance lawyer experienced in cross-border aircraft finance, energy finance and energy transition transactions, in addition to a background in handling distressed debt and internal investigations for major financial institutions.

As the Director of Administration for the firm’s San Diego offices, Brandon Randolph provides leadership and support for Pillsbury attorneys in their relentless pursuit of our clients’ goals.