MASATO MATSUMURA
【PERSONAL】
Born April, 1969 |
【EDUCATION】
Feb. 2007 | The College of International Studies (CIS) China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China |
Aug. 2006 | International Law Institute, NW Washington, DC |
March 1996 | Diploma Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
March 1994 | LL.B., Law Faculty of Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan |
【PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE】
April 2013 - March 2023 | Professor, Gakushuin University Law School, Tokyo |
Courses taught; Bankruptcy Act Burden of Proof Civil Rehabilitation Act Civil Execution Act Civil Provisional Remedies Act |
【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 | |
A) | Represented Debtor | |
・Nitto Kogyo, a golf company, in Rehabilitation process | ||
・Taiyo Ryokuka, a golf company, in Reorganization process | ||
・Kinka Doh, garment business, in Liquidation process | ||
・Katokichi Takamatsu Kaihatsu, a golf company, in Reorganization process | ||
B) | 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 | ||
C) | Represented Court-Appointed Examiner and Supervisor | |
・Shindo Denshi Kogyo, an electronics components manufacturer, in Reorganization process | ||
D) | Represented Creditor | |
・The Trustee of an European company, to execute the right to a Japanese company under the Reorganization process | ||
E) | 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 |