Kiyotaka Kawasaki

Osaka Tokyo

Partner
Osaka Bar Association

Corporate Law, M&A, International Transaction, Real Estate Transactions, Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution
Support for start-up companies
Food and Agriculture Law

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) Midosuji Law Firm (currently, Midosuji LPC)
May 1995	Cornell University Law School (LL.M.)
Sep. 1995	Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Seattle, USA) (- Aug. 1996)
Jan. 1996	Admitted to the New York State Bar
Jan. 2000	Partner of Midosuji Law Firm (currently, Midosuji LPC) (- present)
Jun. 2006	Outside director of World Co., Ltd. (- 2016)
Jul. 2009	Tokyo Bar Association Center for Alternative Dispute Settlement(agency and arbitrator)(- Jun. 2013)
Aug. 2010	Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) Independent Member of Supervisory Committee (- Jul. 2018)
Sep. 2011	The Government Revitalization Unit in the Cabinet Office, Member of the Subcommittee Workgroup concerning Reformation of Independent Administrative Agencies
Jun. 2014	Auditor of the Resona Foundation for Asia and Oceania (- present)
Oct. 2014	Outside director of Inui Global Logistics Co., Ltd. (- Jun.2021)
Jul. 2017	Independent Member of the Power Harassment Prevention Committee, Japan Coast Guard
Jan. 2019	Member of the Contract Monitoring Committee of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) (-present. Chairman of the Committee since April 1, 2020)
Jun. 2019	Auditor of Rohm Music Foundation (- present)
Jun. 2024	Outside company auditor of Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (- present)

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
Litigation on Civil Rehabilitation Act issues (sustained and finalized by the Supreme Court)

“Latest Trends in the TSE’s Market Restructuring and Application of Corporate Governance Code (Part II)” (Business & Law LLC, June 2022)
“Latest Trends in the TSE’s Market Restructuring and Application of Corporate Governance Code (Part I)” (Business & Law LLC, May 2022)
“New guideline of shareholders meeting” edited by the Tokyo Bar Association Corporate Law Group, (SHOJIHOMU Co., Ltd., 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)
“Agency Agreement and Distributorship Agreement,” (Legal Practice Handbook, “Selected Court Cases on International Business,”) (Jurist Special Edition, Yuhikaku, 2015)

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