Kouichi Nanba

Special Counsel

Kouichi Nanba

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Contact Information

TEL
+81-3-5223-7771
FAX
+81-3-5223-7671

Practice Areas

Kouichi Nanba:News

Firm News
Kouichi Nanba joins Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

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Kouichi Nanba:Publications

Book
"Explanation Based on Business Situations: How Corporate Practice Will Change Due to the Civil Code Amendment"
Magazine Other
"Lawyers Guide Labor/Tax edition"
Book Other
"Series on Practical Issues of Corporate Litigation: General Introduction to Corporate Litigation"

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Kouichi Nanba:Other

Background

  • Chuo University (LL.B., 1972)
  • Assistant Judge at Tokyo District Court (1979)
  • Assistant Judge at Obihiro Brach of Kushiro District Family Court (1982)
  • Assigned to Civil Affairs Bureau, Supreme Court General Secretariat (1984)
  • Assistant Judge at Tokyo District Court (1986)
  • Assistant Judge at Chiba Family District Court (1987)
  • Judge at Chiba District Family Court (1989)
  • Acting Judge at Hiroshima High Court (1990)
  • Professor (in charge of civil trials) of Legal Training and Research Institute (1993)
  • Judge at Tokyo District Court (Civil Execution Division) (1997)
  • Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (General Civil Division) (1999-2001)
  • Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (Special Labor Division) (Civil Division No. 36) (2002-2007)
  • Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (Commercial Division) (Civil Division No. 8) (2007-2009)
  • Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court and Acting Director of Civil Division (Preservation Division) (Civil Division No. 9) (2009-2010)
  • Director of Kumamoto District Court (2010)
  • Chief Judge at Tokyo High Court (2012)
  • Retired upon reaching retirement age (2014)

Major Activities

  • Bar Examiner of the National Bar Examination Commission (second-stage examination, Civil Code) (1994-1996)
  • Member of the Legislative Council (Non-Litigation Proceedings and Family Affairs Trials) of the Ministry of Justice (2008-2009)
  • Member of the Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure (2011-)
  • Director of Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals (2015-)
  • Member of the Examination Committee for the Japanese Bar Exam (Second-Stage Examination, Code of Civil Procedure) (2016-2017)
  • Member of the Expert Committee, University of Tsukuba Law School (2016-)

Bar Admissions

admitted in Japan, October 2014
Tokyo Bar Association