Our Team

Mag. Lagler graduated from the University of Vienna. After gaining professional experience at several law firms in Vienna, he completed his judicial practice at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna. He is currently completing a degree in Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna.

His work focuses on advising on corporate, as well as banking and financial law for domestic and international clients of TAIYO Legal.

Yoshihiko Asakura holds a bachelor and a master’s degree in economics from the renown Hitotsubashi university in Tokyo. He has over eight years of post-university work experience for major Japanese companies in the field of securities and extensive knowledge about the debt and capital markets of East Asia and Europe.

He frequently travels to Europe and works on different types of projects, primarily for Japanese clients. Among others he handles cross-border transactions and banking and finance mandates.

Jiayin Wang graduated from the famous Chinese universities for Maritime affairs and international economy law, and worked for the Chinese government in the field of international cooperation. She spent over a year in Japan and is familiar with the Japanese market.

She works at TAIYO Legal primarily as an adviser for product and process localization.

After gaining years of technical work experience, Ing. Mag. Jongbum Park completed his law studies at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. He was born in South Korea and educated in Austria and is fluent in Korean, German, and English. Since 2021, he is registered as a court-certified translator for the Korean language in Austria.

As the head of Korea Desk, he is assisting Korean clients on various cross-border transactions.

Simon Kupferschmied has more than 17 years of professional experience in the investment funds industry. After more than eight years in risk he switched to order management and reporting. He worked with both, Reuters and Bloomberg as well as with Xentis and MORE. He is active at the Austrian Federation of Investment Fund Managers VÖIG, in particular the task force FundsXML.

Simon Kupferschmied advises in all areas of investment funds law. He is specialized in structuring, assistance with finance litigation and all questions on pricing and commissions.

Mizuki Kannari studied at Otaru University of Commerce and spent two semesters at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She completed her master’s degree in Business Consultancy International in Austria.

Kannari is fluent in German, English and Japanese and conducts research in all three languages. Her work focuses on marketing and the management of M&A and corporate law mandates.

Takako Matsumura gained 3 years of work experience in Japan with a focus on translation and interpreting after her graduation in Education. She was born in Germany and grew up in Austria and is fluent in German, English, and Japanese.

Her work focuses on the translation of various texts and foreign language correspondence into all three languages, and being a support member of the Japan Desk.

Myeong-Jin Kim studied Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna and spent a year in Japan at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies as part of her Bachelor’s degree. She is about to finish her Master’s degree in Translation with a focus on technical translation at the University of Vienna.

Kim‘s working languages include German, English and Japanese. Her work focuses on assisting the team lead.

Agnes Szauter is studying Transcultural Communication at the University of Vienna and is about to complete her Bachelor’s degree. She was able to deepen her knowledge of dealing with different cultures and put it into practice during her time as an assistant for event management and office services at the international association The European Guitar Builders e.V.

Szauter is mainly responsible for general assistance and property management.

Saki Takahashi grew up multilingual and is fluent in German, English and Japanese. She is currently completing a degree in Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna. She spent a year abroad at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies as part of her Bachelor’s degree.

At TAIYO Legal she is responsible for various administrative tasks.

Krisztián Boldi has several years of theoretical and practical experience in IT and engineering.

Mr Boldi is fluent in Hungarian, German and English and is responsible for TAIYO Legal’s IT and other technical infrastructure.