Practice Areas

Corporate law (including corporate governance and management matters), securities transaction, M&A, Corporate Revitalization, international transaction, intellectual property, and dispute resolution such as litigation in these areas.
Venture business matters

Biography

1965

Born in Kyoto

Mar. 1984

Ikeda Senior High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University

Mar. 1989

The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

Apr. 1991

The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (43rd term)

Apr. 1991

Admitted to the Bar
Registered with the Osaka Bar Association
Midosuji Law Office

May 1995

Cornell University Law School (LL.M.)

Sep. 1995

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Seattle, USA) (to Aug. 1996)

Jan. 1996

Admitted to the New York State Bar

Jan. 2000

Partner of Midosuji Law Office

Dec. 2002

Registered with the Tokyo Bar Association

Jan. 2003

Partner of Midosuji Legal Profession Corporation (~ present)

Jun. 2006

Outside director of World Co., Ltd.

Jul. 2009

Tokyo Bar Association Center for Alternative Dispute Settlement(agency and arbitrator)(~ present)

Aug. 2010

Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) Independent Member of Supervisory Committee (~ present)

Sep. 2011

The Government Revitalization Unit in the Cabinet Office, Member of the Subcommittee Workgroup concerning Reformation of Independent Administrative Agencies

Experience

• Shareholders' derivative action (Daiwa Bank) (Management side on appeal)
• Shareholders' derivative action (Resona Holdings, Inc.) (Management side)
• Shareholders' derivative action (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) (Management side on appeal)
• Labor litigation regarding privatizing and dividing Japan National Railways (Management side)
• Transfer of a business of drinking water
• Naming rights matter

Publications

• "New guideline of shareholders meeting" edited by the Tokyo Bar Association Corporate Law Group, (Shouji Houmu, Member of editorial board)
• "Advanced Training Course for Lawyers, Today's Issues of the Companies Act and Practices"
  edited by the Tokyo Bar Association, Attorney Training Center Steering Committee,(GYOSEI Corporation, co-author)

Activities

• Tokyo Bar Association Corporate Law Group

Foreign Language

English

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