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Kunio Hamada tel: 81-3-6266-8534
fax: 81-3-6266-8434




Special Counsel
Japanese Profile

Professional Qualifications & Activities
admitted in Japan, 1962
Daini-Tokyo Bar Association


Education & Prior Experience
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1960)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1966)
Partner, Hamada & Yanagida (1972)
Founding Partner, Hamada & Matsumoto (1975)
Vice President, Daini-Tokyo Bar Association (April 1981-March 1982)
Managing Director, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (April 1982-March 1983)
Founding President, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (April 1991-April 1992)
Deregistered from Lawyers Register (April 2001)
Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan (May 2001-May 2006)
Re-registered, Daini-Tokyo Bar Association (May 2006)


Publications
"On The Rule of Law in Japan" Keynote Luncheon Speech World Justice Project Multidisciplinary Outreach Meeting
September 20, 2007, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore
"My Extracurricular Activities" Freedom and Justice Vol.58 January, 2007
"Looking Back on My Five Years on the Bench" Kaiho Shisui No.21 October, 2006
"To Those Aiming to Enter Legal Profession" The University of Tokyo Law Center Lecture December 21, 2006
"Five Years at the Supreme Court," Lexis Kigyo Homu, No.8, August 2006
"Country Report Japan," Due Diligence,Disclosures and Warranties in the Corporate Acquisitions Practice;International Bar Association, 1988
"Foreign Lawyers Law in Japan," International Business Lawyer, 1987
"Zentaro Kitagawa ed.:Doing Business in Japan," Vol.5, Part 8,Securities Transactions, Chapter l, Securities Transaction Law in General, 1980


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