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Michihiro MORI

Education
1999 Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
1993 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2007 - 2019 Partner, Nishimura & Asahi
2005 - 2006 Counsel, Nishihimura & Asahi
2003 - 2005 Judge of the Fukuoka District Court
2000 - 2003 Staff Attorney, Civil Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat Office of the Supreme Court of Japan
1995 - 1998 Judge of the Tokyo District Court
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2005)

Defence against petition for provisional disposition of suspension of issuance of new shares of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu side)
Filing of Corporate Reorganization of Japan Airlines (JAL)
Filing of Corporate Reorganization and Act as a Trustee of Hayashibara Group
Lawsuit concering failure of system, representing for Mizuho Securities against Tokyo Stock Exchange (appeals, appeals, and first instance)
Large Tax Litigation Related to Repo Transactions
Canon Recycling Inc. Patent Rights Infringement Litigation (Appeal)
For more, See "Major Achievement" of the firm

Japanese-English Model Work Rules [3rd Edition] (Author-Editor, Chuou-Keizaisha, 2019)
Practical Law Global Guide 2018 & 2019 : Pensions (Japan Chapter)
Japan Chapter and Asia Overview Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited International Insolvency: Group insolvency and directors' duties - 4th Edition (May 2015)
The Labour and Employee Benefits multi-jurisdictional guide(Japan Chapter) (Co-author, Practical Law Company, 2011)
PLC Cross-Border Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 2: Employee Share Plans Handbook 2010/11 (Japan Chapter) (Coauthor, Practical Law Company, 2011)
PLC Cross-border Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 1
Handbook 2009/10 (Japan Chapter) (Co-author, Practical LawCompany, 2010)

2022 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2022 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
2021 Chambers Asia Pacific 2022 Employment Leading Individual
2021 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2021 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
2020 Chambers Asia Pacific 2021 Employment Leading Individual
2020 The Best Lawyers in Japan (Labor and Employment Law)
2019 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 Labour and Employment Leading Individual
2018 Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 Employment Leading Individual
2018 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2018 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading lawyer
2018 Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018 Labour & Employment Leading lawyer
2018 The Asia Legal Awards 2018 Deal of the Year
2017 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 Employment
2017 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2017 Asialaw Profiles 2018 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
2017 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2017 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
2017 Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2017 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2017 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 Employment Leading Individual
2016 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2016 Asialaw Profiles 2017 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
2016 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2016 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
2016 Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2016 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016 Employment Leading Individual
2015 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2015 Asialaw Profiles 2016 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
2015 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2015 Insolvency & Restructuring Leading Individual
2015 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2015 Employment Leading Individual
2014 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2014 Asialaw Profiles 2015 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
2014 Who's Who Legal: Japan 2014 Insolvency & Restructuring Leading Individual
2014 Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2014 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2014 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2014 Employment, Restructuring/Insolvency Leading Individual
2013 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2013 Asialaw Profiles 2014 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
2013 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2013 Employment, Restructuring/Insolvency Leading Individual
2012 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2013 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
2012 PLC Which Lawyer? Employment and employee bernefits
2012 Turnaround Atlas Awards 2012 Restructuring Leading Individual
2012 PLC Which Lawyer? Labour & Employee Benefits
2012 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 Employment Leading Individual
2011 Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 Employment Leading Individual
2011 IFLR Asian Awards 2011 Restructuring Leading Individual
2010 PLC Which Lawyer? 2010 Labour & Employee Benefits
2009 PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 Labour & Employee Benefits
2008 PLC Cross-border Handbooks Labour and Employee Benefits 2008/09 Labour & Employment

Takeshi KOIBUCHI

Education
2008 Hokkaido University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2009 - 2019 Nishimura & Asahi
2016 - 2018 Legal Dept., Sojitz Corporation
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2009)

Hiroaki MATSUI

Education
2018 University of Pennsylvania Wharton School (WBLC)
2018 University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M.)
2008 Waseda Law School (J.D.)
2006 Waseda University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2022 -    Auditing Officer, Matsumoto Inc.
2022 -    Professor, Shinshu University
2020 -    Legal Advisor, Global Brain Corporation
2018 - 2019 Okada Law Firm (Hong Kong)
2010 - 2019 Nishimura & Asahi
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2009)
Admitted in New York (2019)

Legal advice and representation on dispute over company’s management
Legal advice and representation on dispute relating to labor and employment cases
Corporate investigation and negotiation with governmental agencies relating to white-collar crime
Legal advice relating to HR matters and labor union
Compliance committee, whistle-brewer committee

Japan Chapter, KMI ANDANCORS WORKSHOP ON DISTANT WATER FISHING CREW LABOUR STANDARDS: (Co-Author, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 2021)
Japanese-English Model Work Rules [3rd Edition] (Author-Editor, Chuou-Keizaisha, 2019)
Japanese-English Model Work Rules [2nd Edition] (Co-Author, Chuou-Keizaisha, 2014)

Labor Tribunal Procedure in Japan (Co-Author, Lexology, 2022)
LGBT Update (Co-Author, Lexology, 2022)

Certificate of Appreciation, World Bank Group (2015-2018)

Koji KANO

Education
2018 University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LL.M.)
2010 The University of Tokyo, the School of Law (J.D.)
2007 Osaka University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2012 - 2020 Ishii Law Office
2018 - 2020 Legal Dept., Sojitz Corporation
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2011)

Keisuke NAKAMURA

Education
2011 Hitotsubashi University, the School of Law (J.D.)
2009 Hitotsubashi University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2016 - 2019 Marubeni Corporation
2013 - 2016 ALG & Associates
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2012)

Disputes arising from conflicts between shareholders and management control disputes
Disputes regarding breach of duty of care and breach of fiduciary duty of directors (plaintiffs and defendants)
Disputes regarding liability of construction placer and contractor
Litigation claiming damages based on construction defects
Litigation claiming surrender of real estate (including conservation and execution)
Non-litigious cases involving land lease (claim for increase of land rent)
M&A cases (from large-scale investments to venture capital investments) both domestic and international (Brazil)
Debt collection in Japan and abroad including international arbitration in Singapore
International arbitration in London for defaults
Legal advice for venture business
Investigations of misconduct (embezzlement by directors, leakage of information, etc.)
Litigation demanding for deletion and disclosure of identification information of the sender regarding defamation on the internet.
Litigation and labor tribunal decision concerning the efficacy of dismissals (employer's side)
Negotiation and legal advice on dismissal of employees (employer's side)
Correspondence to the labor union and case seeking unfair labor practice orders for relief (employer's side)
Legal advice on anti-bribery and competition law

Shu KISHIKAWA

Education
2010 The University of Tokyo, the School of Law (J.D.)
2008 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2018 - 2019 T&K Partners
2017 - 2018 Japan Bank for International Cooperation
2013 - 2017 Torikai Law Office
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2012)

Takahiro ITO

Education
2011 Hitotsubashi University, the School of Law (J.D.)
2009 Hitotsubashi University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2012 - 2019 Seiwa Patent & Law
2015 - 2017 Intellectual Property Division, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Current: Nippon Steel Corporation)
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2012)

Yukitsuna TAKEKOSHI

Education
2020 Georgetown University Law Center
    (LL.M. in International Legal Studies with Certificate
    in International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution)
2009 Tokyo Metropolitan University Law School (J.D.)
2007 Hitotsubashi University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2021 - 2022 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
       Deputy Director, Economic Dispute Settlement Division,
       International Legal Affairs Bureau (concurrently served)
2020 - 2022 Ministry of Justice of Japan
       Attorney, International Justice Proceedings Support Office, Litigation Bureau
2017 - 2018 Lecturer, Tokyo Metropolitan University Law School
2014 - 2018 Tokyo Metropolitan Law Firm
2013 - 2018 Lecturer, Tokyo Rissho Junior College
2013 - 2014 Hibiya Minami Law Office
2013 - 2015 Lecturer, Seikei University Law School
2010 - 2013 Shin Ginza Law Office
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2010)
Admitted in New York (2021)

Advised MOJ and MOFA on an investment arbitration case against the Government of Japan based on the Hong Kong, China SAR - Japan Bilateral Investment Treaty
Advised MOJ and MOFA on WTO dispute settlement cases in which Japan was a party or a third party (DS600: European Union and certain Member states — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels and others)
Advised MOFA on the negotiation of the Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty
Helped MOFA negotiate Bilateral Investment Treaties with countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus region, and Latin America
Represented investors in a suit in capital funds established under the law of the Cayman Islands
Represented cooperative association members in a suit pursuing the liability of the directors

Akiko EGAMI

Education
2011 Waseda Law School (J.D.)
2008 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2012 - 2019, 2021 -  Academic Advisor, Waseda Law School
2012 - 2019 Yamada Law Office
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2012-2019, 2021)
Admitted in California (2022)

Lawsuit for return of crypto currency
Lawsuit for breach of contract, etc. (California law)
Drafting opinion letters (regarding duty of care, construction dispute)
Assistance with internal investigation / Litigation regarding work-related injury
Contract reviews (Japanese and English)

LGBT Update (Co-Author, Lexology, 2022)

Mari UEKI

Education
2012 Hitotsubashi University, the School of Law (J.D.)
2009 Sophia University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2022 - 2023 Judge of the Tokyo District Court
2019 - 2022 Judge of the Niigata Family Court
2017 - 2019 Judge of the Nagoya District Court
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2023)

Yui OMOTEYAMA

Education
2022 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (LL.M.)
2014 The University of Tokyo, the School of Law (J.D.)
2012 Waseda University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2015 - 2023 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2015)
Admitted in New York (2023)

Rei YAMAGUCHI

Education
2016 Chuo University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2019 - 2021 Funds, Inc.
2017 - 2019 Nishimura & Asahi
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2017)

Yuya AOKI

Education
2017 Waseda Law School (J.D.)
2015 Waseda University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2021    Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo
2019 - 2021 DLA Piper Tokyo Partnership
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2018)

Hiroaki NAKANO

Education
2016 The University of Tokyo, the School of Law (J.D.)
2014 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2018 - 2023 Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
2016 - 2017 Research Assistant, the University of Tokyo
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2018)

Lawsuit concerning an LBO transaction, representing for a Japanese bank
Mediation concerning a financial transaction, representing for a Japanese bank
Different financial transactions
Legal counsel of public entities concerning their projects, in which they hired out private companies to construct / operate public entities
General corporate, such as advising companies on their new business

Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2021 (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2021 (Co-Author, 2020)
Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2020 (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2020 (Co-Author, 2020)

Takuma FURUKAWA

Education
2022 Hitotsubashi University, the School of Law (J.D.)
2019 Chuo University (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2023)

Makoto JOZUKA

Education
1983 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
2019 - 2022 Presiding Judge of the Tokyo High Court
2017 - 2019 Chief Judge of the Sapporo District Court
2017    Presiding Judge of the Tokyo High Court
2015 - 2017 Director-General of the Litigation Bureau, Ministry of Justice of Japan
2013 - 2015 Judge of the Tokyo High Court
2011 - 2013 Presiding Judge of the Tokyo District Court
2009 - 2011 Director of the Information Policy Division, General Secretariat, the Supreme Court of Japan
2007 - 2009 Presiding Judge of the Tokyo District Court
2006 - 2007 Judge of the Tokyo District Court
2004 - 2006 Judge of the Tokyo High Court
2001 - 2004 Director of the First Division and Third Division, Administrative Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat, the Supreme Court of Japan
1999 - 2001 Director of the Second Division, Administrative Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat, the Supreme Court of Japan
1997 - 1999 Counsellor of the Administrative Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat, the Supreme Court of Japan
1994 - 1997 Judge of the Tokyo District Court, the Yokohama District Court
1992 - 1994 Cabinet Councilors' Office on External Affairs, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan
1992    Staff Attorney, Civil Affairs Bureau, General Secretariat, the Supreme Court of Japan
1985 - 1992 Judge of the Tokyo District Court, the Niigata District/Family Court
Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2022)

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