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Kimihiko Uemura

Kimihiko Uemura

Osaka Tokyo

Partner
Osaka Bar Association

Practice Areas

  • Corporate business law
  • Litigation(shareholders’ derivative action [management side], product liability, various disputes over transactions between companies, construction dispute, labor dispute)
  • Civil affairs
  • Intellectual property rights
  • 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)
Midosuji Law Firm (currently, Midosuji LPC)
Apr. 1993 Partner of Midosuji Law Firm (currently, Midosuji LPC) (- present)
Jun. 1999 Outside company auditor of Access Co., Ltd. (- 2007)
Apr. 2004 Member of conciliation committee of Toyonaka Summary Court (- Mar. 2008)
Jun. 2007 Outside company auditor of Fudo Tetra Corporation (- Jun. 2016)
Jun. 2013 Outside company auditor of Metawater Co., Ltd. (- Jun. 2022)

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.

Lectures

  • Compliance Management (hosted by company), Preparation for Antitrust Violation and other Misconduct:How Business Judgment should be (hosted by company), Regulations on Bribery Overseas (hosted by company), Role and Responsibility of the Director (hosted by company)