Profile and Expertise

After having engaged in real estate and other financial matters on behalf of investment funds in Japan and overseas at an international law firm in Japan, Hironori practiced corporate law at a Japanese law firm, mainly in the field of dispute resolution and M&As.
Presently, he advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters including domestic and Asian/cross-border M&As, financial matters relating to the acquisition and sale of large-scale real estate such as office building, warehouses, and hotels, and corporate dispute resolution. He has an extensive experience in the field of corporate legal matters and has served as legal counsel and external auditor of many companies where he was responsible for matters relating to corporate governance.

• Experience
• Publications
• Seminars
• Newsletter

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  ◆ Litigation ◆
  ・ Claims for damages against officers (represented both companies and officers)
  ・ Shareholder lawsuit (represented both companies and shareholders)
  ・ Petition for an order of provisional injunction to suspend the execution of duties by an officer and to appoint a representative (represented officers)
  ・ Petition for provisional injunction to seek temporary stipulation of the position of an officer (represented a company)
  ・ Employees’ Status Confirmation and Accrued Wage Claims Litigation (represented a company)
  
  ◆ M&A◆
  ・ Conduct legal due diligence on behalf of listed companies in Japan in a stock purchase case and provide advice on stock transfer agreements
  ・ Conduct legal due diligence on behalf of medical corporations in a share acquisition case and provide advice on equity transfer agreements
  ・ Conduct legal due diligence on behalf of foreign corporations in a stock purchase transactions case and provide advice on stock transfer agreements
  
  ◆ Finance ◆
  ・ Implementation of real estate due diligence on the acquisition of office buildings and high-rise condominiums using SPCs on behalf of overseas investment funds and advice on related agreements
  ・ Advising on the acquisition, sale and refinancing of office buildings, complexes and condominiums using SPCs on behalf of investment funds in Japan
  
  ◆ Others ◆
  ・ Advices on the preparation and operation of the shareholders meetings
  ・ Handling of Criminal Prosecution against corporate officers
  

• ・ "Recent Trends in Real Estate Securitization Scheme - Scheme of Special Purpose Company" (co-authored, Chuokeizai-Sha Inc., November 20, 2008)

  
  

  ・ "Recent Trends in Real Estate Securitization Scheme - Scheme Using Silent Partnership (Tokumei Kumiai) and Limited Liability Company (Godo-Kaisha)(co-authored, Chuokeizai-Sha Inc., December 1, 2008)"

  
  

  ・ "Key Points on Turnaround Practices in the form of “Secondary Corporation” Method under the Revised Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Revitalization of Industry and Innovation in Industrial Activities" (“Turnaround Manager”, Ginko Kenshusha, September 2009).

  
  

  ・ "Manual for Drafting Real Estate Contracts" (co-authored, Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing, Co., Ltd., April 2015)

  
  

  ・ "Latest Corporate Legal Affairs, Cases and Forms" (co-authored, Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing, May 2017)

  
  

   

• May 2008: Contract Drafting for the Sale and Purchase of Real Estate and Trust Beneficial Interests in the Real Estate Securitization Business (lecture given at the client’s site)
  June 2013: " Power Harassment"(lecture given at the client’s site)
  

• 2021/11/16Singapore: Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act

  2021/11/16Singapore: Retirement and Re-employment Amendment Bill

  2021/11/15Japan: Outline of the Substantial Control List System

  2021/10/18Overview of Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Law

  2021/08/12Outline of the Amendment to the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Law