PERSONAL

Born April, 1969

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

April 2013 – March 2023 Professor, Gakushuin University Law School, Tokyo

Courses taught;

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Tokyo Second Bar Association

BAR ADMITTANCE

Admitted to Practice in Japan, April 1996

LICENSES and CERTIFICATIONS

Technical Radio Operator for On-The-Ground Services

Amateur Radio Operator

Chief Electrical Engineer

Registered Electrician

Thermal Energy Manager (Unregistered)

Refrigeration Safety Manager

Boiler Operator

Operations Chief of X-rays and Gamma-rays

Hazardous Materials Engineer

Oracle Certified Java Programmer, Silver SE 8

Information Technology Engineer

Legal Adviser on Condominium Management

Certified Condominium Manager

Real Estate Transaction Manager

LANGUAGES

Japanese, English and Chinese

PRACTICE AREAS

1. Bankruptcy Law (Liquidation, Rehabilitation, and Reorganization)

2. Corporation Law, Corporate Acquisition, and Due Diligence

3. Business Transaction Law, Commercial Law, Feasibility Study, and other business-related issues

4. Civil Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and Mediation

Representative Cases

1. Bankruptcy
   • Represented Debtor
     • Nitto Kogyo, a golf company, in Rehabilitation process
     • aiyo Ryokuka, a golf company, in Reorganization process
     • Kinka Doh, garment business, in Liquidation process
     • Katokichi Takamatsu Kaihatsu, a golf company, in Reorganization process
   • Court-Appointed Deputy Trustee
     • Nissan Kensetsu, a general construct contractor, in Reorganization process
     • Tsuzuki Bouseki, a cotton-spinner, in Reorganization process
     • Joint Corporation, a real-estate developer, in Reorganization process
     • Washi Kosan, a wheel manufacturers, in Reorganization process
     • Asahi Lite Optical, an optical lens manufacturers, in Reorganization process
   • Represented Court-Appointed Examiner and Supervisor
     • Shindo Denshi Kogyo, an electronics components manufacturer, in Reorganization process
   • Represented Creditor
     • The Trustee of an European company, to execute the right to a Japanese company under the Reorganization process
   • Represented New Owner
     • An investment fund, as a new owner of a Japanese bankruptcy company under the Rehabilitation process, to infuse capital into the company
2. Corporate Acquisition
   • Represented a Telemarketing Company in lawsuit involving share issue
   • Represented an investment fund in appraisal remedy process
   • Represented an beverage manufacturer against food company in selling out business deal
3. Commercial Litigation
   • Represented a golf company in membership dispute
   • Represented a raw material supplier in Worker’s Accident Compensation case
   • Represented a consumer-electronics company against electronic components supplier in Product Liability suits
4. Intellectual Property
   • Represented a professor who was a coauthor of an economic treatise in Copyright case
   • Represented a comic artist who drew a Manga in Copyright infringement case
   • Represented a material supply company in Employee Invention Suit
5. Public Administration
   • Represented a local government against a commercial bank in lawsuit involving a Loan Agreement issue
   • Represented a local government against building constructors over a Public Bidding dispute
   • Represented a city mayor against tax payers in law suit involving Taxation mishandling