admitted in Japan, 1995; New York, 1999
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association
Education & Prior Experience
Hitotsubashi University (LL.B.)
Columbia Law School (LL.M 1999)
with Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett (1999-2000)
visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS)(2007)
Publications
"Corporates Set Defences as Takeover Threat Grows" IFLR, May 2004
"Directors Liability in M&A Transactions", M&A Review, 2003
"Market Developments Create New Interest in MBOs and LBOs" AsiaLaw, Jul/Aug 2003
"Recent Practice and Use of Class Shares" (Commercial Law Center, Inc, 2002)
"Tracking Stock under the New Commercial Code", JICPA Journal, 2001
"M&A Negotiation and Business Judgment - Insight from US Practice", Commercial Law Review, 2000
