Ushijima & Partners

General Corporate; Corporate Governance; Compliance; M&A; Hostile Takeover; Business Succession; Litigation Arbitration; Crisis Management / Handling of Misdoings; System Development; Information Management / Cyber Security; Personal Information / Utilization of Personal Data; Intellectual Property; Internet / Media; Entertainmental Law; Government Contracts; Asia Practices; Labor/Employment; Tax; Real Estate; Environmental Law; Financial Regulations; Finance/Securitization; Restructuring/Insolvency; Insurance; Antitrust; Startup Business Support

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Public Prosecutor, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office (1977); Public Prosecutor, Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office (1978); Admitted in Japan (1979); Anderson, Mori & Rabinowitz (1979-1985); Established Ushijima & Associates (1985)

• Director of Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., LTD. (June 2015 through June 2017)
• Director of Nippon Life Insurance Company (July 2007-)
• Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of Nippon Life Insurance Company (January 2007 through July 2012)
• Statutory Auditor of Shochiku Co., Ltd. (May 2011 through May 2019)
• Member of the Compliance Committee of Shochiku Co., Ltd. (May 2004 through December 2009)
• Statutory Auditor of Asahi Kogyosha Co, Ltd. (June 2003-)
• Director of ASATSU-DK INC. (March 2014 through March 2015)
• Director of Avex Group Holdings Inc. (September 2004 through June 2010)
• Member of the Compliance Committee of Avex Group Holdings Inc. (June 2007 through June 2010)
• Member of the Advisory Committee of Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (June 2007 through June 2012)
• Supervisory Committee Member of UFJ Banking Limited (October 2004 through December 2005)
• Chairman of the Management Supervisory Committee of ShinGinko Tokyo, Limited (June 2008 through June 2011)
• Member of the Supervision and Compliance Committee of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (August 2006 through July 2010)
• Statutory Auditor of the Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association of Japan (JLPGA)
• Statutory Auditor of the Association for Real Estate Securitization
• Mediator in Tomonoura UNESCO World Heritage Candidate Site dispute, appointed by the Hiroshima Prefectural Governor (February 2010 through February 2012

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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association (1979); Chairman of Foreign Lawyers Committee of Japan Federation of Bar Associations (June 2005 through May 2011); Representative Director/President of Japan Corporate Governance Network; Special Adviser to The Value Creation Forum for The 21st Century; Arbitrator, the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA); Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Member, Japanese American Society for Legal Studies; OB Former Member, Legal Consulting Association (Houritsu-Sodan-sho) in the University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1975)