Mr. Inohara is an associate in the Corporate Group of the Business Department of Morrison & Foerster’s Tokyo Office. Mr. Inohara’s practice focuses on mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures & strategic alliances.

Mr. Inohara’s transactions include the representation of:

• TDK in its proposed sale of its recording media business (including branded tape, DVD, CD and similar products) to Imation for 300 million in Imation shares and cash.
• Recruit, Japan’s leading HR company, in its $110 million investment in NASDAQ-listed 51job, China’s leading provider of employment information services.  The transaction is Recruit’s first substantial overseas investment and will ultimately result in Recruit becoming 51job’s largest shareholder.
• ACCESS in its acquisition of IP Infusion Inc., a leading provider of network software for mobile phone applications.
• Rakuten in its purchase of Linkshare Corporation, a leader in the US online affiliate marketing business, for $425 million. This was Rakuten’s first U.S. acquisition.
• SoftBank in connection with Yahoo!’s $1 billion investment in SoftBank’s China affiliates, Alibaba and Tao Bao. In the transaction, Yahoo! paid $1 billion and contributed its existing China business to Alibaba in return for a 40% stake in the newly combined Alibaba/Tao Bao entity. SoftBank remains the entity’s second largest shareholder with a 30% stake.
• Dainippon Ink & Chemicals in its sale to management of DIC’s Reichhold Division, consisting of more than 45 companies with 1700 employees, 16 manufacturing facilities and 9 R&D and technical support centers located in countries throughout North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. The transaction also involved the restructuring of over $400 million in debt.

Mr. Inohara earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1997. He received his B.S., Class Honors, in Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan in 1993.

Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster, Mr. Inohara was in the M&A Advisory Department of Nomura Securities in Japan from 2001- 2004, and he was a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County in California from 1998 - 2000.Mr. Inohara is admitted to practice in California. He is a native English speaker and fluent in Japanese.