Hiraku Kozawa

Prior to joining Aspirant Group, Mr. Kozawa engaged in domestic and cross-border, public and private M&A transactions, corporate governance, commercial transactions, corporate litigations, corporate scandals, and financial and data protection regulations matters for approximately 10 years as a practicing lawyer at corporate law firms. During his secondment to the investment division of one of the largest investment banking groups in Japan from 2014 to 2017, he engaged primarily in advising on establishment and operation of investment funds as well as private equity, energy and debt investment transactions. From 2021, he advised cross-industrial consortiums (including major commercial and investment banks, asset management companies and data providers) on utilization of data in financial and asset management industries. Mr. Kozawa holds a B.A in Law from Kyoto University, a J.D. from Kyoto University Law School, and a L.L.M. from the University of Michigan Law School. Admitted to the bar in Japan.