| Practice |
| Capital markets transactions including private/public securities offerings, M&A transactions, general corporate matters and intellectual property |
| Publications / Lectures |
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Educational Institutes Seminar, lectured on the impact of the amendment to the Japanese Securities and Exchange Law concerning the issuance and offering of so-called "school bonds", July 2007 |
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The AIM Market - Opportunities for Japanese Companies, participated as lecturer, June 2007 and April 2008 |
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"SEC Registration Procedures for Business Combinations involving Japanese Companies," The asialaw Japan Review, Volume 1 Issue 4 (January 2006) |
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"Copyright Law Amendment after 1989" (Sanseido, March 2002) (co-author) |
| Education |
| Tokyo University (LL.B., 1995); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; graduate study, Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., 2003). Associated with Shearman & Sterling, New York, 2003-2004. |
| Professional Admissions |
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Japan (1997) |
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New York (2004) |
| Professional and Academic Associations |
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Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association |
| Languages |
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Japanese (first language) |
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English |
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