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Shiro Kuniya

Position

Shiro Kuniya is a managing partner of Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners.

He has been highly acclaimed;

Ranked among Nikkei Business Journal’s top ten most highly regarded lawyers in Japan in the areas of “Corporate and M&A” and “International Transaction and Dispute Resolution”.

Listed as Leading Lawyer for M&A in IFLR 2015, for Financial & Corporate Law in IFLR 2017 (International Finance Law Review)

Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate / M&A” section and “Dispute Resolution” section, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia, Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (since 2009).

Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate and M&A” section, the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (since 2009).

Listed in Corporate and M&A, International Business Transactions, Litigation, Intellectual Property and Trade section in “Best Lawyers” (since 2008).

Awarded “Project Finance of the Year 1999” (Universal Studio Japan Theme Park Project) by Euromoney.

Career

April 2002 – present
Managing Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

September 1986 – 2002
Partner, Oh-Ebashi Law Offices

September 1986 – August 1987
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, Los Angeles

April 1982 – August 1986
Associate, Oh-Ebashi Law Offices

Languages

Japanese and English

Memberships

(1) Bar Association

September 2019 – present
Chairman of Board of Committees on International Affairs and Strategies, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

2011 – 2012
President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

2009 – 2010
Vice-President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

2008 – 2012
Chairman of International Relations Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

1995 – 1998
Chairman of Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

1987 – 2013
American Bar Association (ABA)

(2) Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

May 2012 – present
Arbitrator, Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC)

2010 – present
Arbitrator, The Asian International Arbitration Center

June 2009 – present
Member of the Board, The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

2004 – present
Arbitrator, The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

1998 – 2006
Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Center

1997 – present
Arbitrator, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center

(3) Board Member/Audit & Supervisory Board Member

April 2020 – present
Auditor, CiRA (Center for iPS Cell Research and Application) Foundation, Kyoto University

June 2016 – present
Member of the Board, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

June 2013 – June 2016
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

June 2013 – June 2021
Member of the Board, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

June 2012 – March 2020
Member of the Board, Ebara Corporation

March 2012 – present
Member of the Board, NEXON Co., Ltd.

April 2011 – present
Member of the Board, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

2006 – 2010
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nidec Corporation

1999 – present
Auditor, Tazuke Kofukai Foundation, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital

1997 – 2000
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Sunstar Inc.

(4) University, Institute & Committee, etc.

July 2020 – present
Member of Advisory Board, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center（JIDRC）

July 2019 – present
President, The Asian Society of International Law (Japan Society)

2015 – 2016
Committee Member to Review International Taxation for Cross-border Business Operation of Japanese Companies/BEPS Project (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

2015 – 2021
Chairman, Corporate Law Practice Research Committee (Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice)

2014
Member of Special Committee to Review Competition Policy and State Aid (Japanese Fair Trade Commission)

2013-
Member of Advisory Board, Business Law Department of Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University

June 2013 – June 2019
Vice President, The Asian Society of International Law (Japan Society)

2012 – 2021
Member of Georgetown University Law Center, Asian Law Alumni Advisory Board

2008 – 2009
Chairman, Research Grant Program Nomination Committee, The Toyota Foundation

2003 – 2014
Advisor for Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation

2001 – 2002
Member of Management Council, Kyushu University, Faculty of Law

1999
Member of Special Committee of Economic Council for Prime Minister of Japan

1998 – 1999
Institute of Intellectual Property, ADR committee

1995 – 2000
Adjunct Professor at Kyushu University, Faculty of Law (Master of Law, LL.M. Course)

1990 – 2011
The Japan Association of International Economic Law

1987 – 1999
Regular Coordinator and Moderator at Comparative Law Center (Japan) (Programs on International Transactions, Shareholders’ Derivative Suit, Products Liability Law, Entertainment Law, Information Industry Business & Law, etc.)

1982 – 2014
Japanese Association of the Law of Civil Procedure

(5) Third-Party Committee, Special (Investigation) Committee

(Corporate Misconduct, Accounting Irregularity)

Chairman of Third Party Committee, Japan Display Inc. （2019 – 2020）
Chairman of Third Party Committee, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. （2019）
Chairman of Special Investigation Committee, Naigai Co., Ltd. （2019）
Chairman of Special Investigation Committee, Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. （2019 – 2020）

(TOB、MBO)

Chairman of Special Committee, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. （TOB）（2020）
Chairman of Third Party Committee, Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.（TOB）（2012 – 2013）
Chairman of Third Party Committee, Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd. （MBO）（2015）
Chairman of Third Party Committee, Image Holdings Co., Ltd. （MBO）（2010 – 2011）
Chairman of Third Party Committee, VarioSecure Networks，Inc．（MBO）（2009）

Education

1986
Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Law, LL.M.)

1982
Legal Training and Research Institute (Supreme Court), Japan

1980
Kyoto University (LL.B.)