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Kunihiro Watanabe

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Apr. 28, 2022 Awards: Five of our lawyers selected as finalists for Individual Categories at ALB Japan Law Awards 2022
Apr. 14, 2022 Awards: Lawyers from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto were included in the 13th edition of The Best Lawyers in Japan™ and the inaugural Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™
Dec. 22, 2021 Awards: Top Rankings Received in The Nikkei's "Corporate Legal Tax Affairs and Lawyer Survey 2021"

Jun. 7, 2021 Public Service: Firm's lawyers involved in the Revision of the “Guidebook for Introducing Incentive Plans for Sustainable Corporate Growth as Board Members’ Compensation to Encourage Companies to Promote Proactive Business Management”
Feb. 27, 2017 Firm News: Four new partners and three new of counsels
Apr. 28, 2016 Firm News: Firm's lawyers take part in the creation of the "Guidebook for Introducing New Stock-based Compensation ("Restricted Stock") as Board Members' Compensation to Encourage Companies to Promote Proactive Business Management," released by the Corporate System

Magazine Article: "Q&A: Practical Responses to the System for Electronic Provision of Materials for Shareholders Meetings (6)"
Magazine Article: "Practical Q&A On the Companies Act Part 68: Propriety of Making Subsequent Changes in Policy for Determining Remuneration of Directors Explained at Shareholders Meetings"
Magazine Article: "Q&A: Practical Responses to the System for Electronic Provision of Materials for Shareholders Meetings (5)"

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2004)
Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 2012)
with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York (2012-2013)
Seconded to the Civil Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Justice as an Attorney (specializing in the Companies Act) (2013-2015)

admitted in Japan, 2006; New York, 2013
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
New York State Bar Association