Practice Areas

• Corporate business law
• Civil affairs
• Intellectual property rights
• Litigation (specialization in, shareholders' derivative action (Management side))
• Corporate reorganization
• Employees' pension funds(mainly representing such funds)

Biography

1958

Born in Osaka

1978

Koyo Gakuin High School

Mar. 1984

Kyoto University Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

Apr. 1987

The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (39th term)

Apr. 1987

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

Apr. 1993

Partner of Midosuji Law Office

Jun. 1999

Statutory auditor of Access Co., Ltd. (~2007)

Jan. 2003

Partner of Midosuji Legal Profession Corporation (~ present)

Apr. 2004

Member of conciliation committee of Toyonaka Summary Court (~2008)

Jun. 2007

Outside statutory auditor of Fudo Tetra Corporation (~ present)

Experience

• Shareholders' derivative action (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) (Management Side)
• Shareholders' derivative action (Daiwa Bank) (Management Side on Appeal)
• Shareholders' derivative action (Resona Holdings, Inc.) (Management Side)
• Shareholders' derivative action (Duskin Co., Ltd.) (First and second lawsuits) (Management Side)
• Shareholders' derivative action (Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.) (Management Side)
• Pension benefit reduction, invalidity claim lawsuit (Resona Bank, Limited) (Pension Fund Side)
• Criminal Defense, JR Fukuchiyama Line Derailment Accident Case prosecuted
  by a public prosecutor. The acquittal has become final and binding at the first trial.

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