| Practice |
Hiroki Kodate is a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune and engaged principally in the fields of general corporate matters and M&A, and regularly advises both Japanese and non-Japanese clients in this regard.
In addition to his professional experience at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Mr. Kodate worked for the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, where he was in charge of the legislative project to modernize Japanese corporate laws (2002-2005). He also worked for Slaughter and May in London as a foreign secondee (2000-2001). |
| Publications |
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Japan Chapter (The Mergers & Acquisitions Review, Second Edition) (co-author) |
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"Reform Provides New Approach to Mergers," The IFLR Guide to Japan 2006 |
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IFLR The 2005 Guide to Corporate Governance (2005) (co-author, Japan Chapter) |
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"The New Japanese Corporation Act in Relation to M&A," The asialaw Japan Review (July 2005) |
| Lectures |
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"New Corporation Law and Its Practice - Deregulation of Consideration for Merger," lectured at the Seminar held as a part of Chinese Economic Laws and Corporation Law Legislation Project, January 24, 2006 |
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"New Corporation Law," lectured at Kyoto University Graduate School of Law, 21st Century COE Program, COE Seminar, January 6 and 7, 2006 |
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"The Modernization of Corporation Law in Relation to M&A," lectured at ALB In-house Legal Summit Tokyo 2005 |
| Education |
| The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1994); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1994-1996; graduate study, Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2000). Associated with Slaughter and May, London, 2000-2001. |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (1996) |
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New York (2001) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association |
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Worked for the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice (2002-2005) |
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Member, the Working Group, the Study Council for Promoting Translation of Japanese Laws and Regulations into Foreign Languages, the Cabinet Secretariat (August 2005 - March 2006) |
| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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