Practice Areas
Education
- 2014
- Keio University Law School (J.D.)
- 2012
- Keio University Faculty of Law (LL.B.)
Experience
- 2021
- Joined ZeLo
- 2021
- Returned to Ushijima & Partners, Attorneys-at-Law
- 2019
- Seconded to the Financial Service Agency's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (-Dec, 2020)
- 2015
- Joined Ushijima & Partners, Attorneys-at-Law
- 2015
- Qualified to Practice Law
- 2014
- Passed Japan Bar Exam
Representative Works
- Handled general corporate matters for corporations such as the development of internal regulations, shareholders' and employees' meetings, procedures for issuing shares, drafting and reviewing contracts, and establishing governance systems.
- Handled litigation and non-contentious cases relating to disputes between companies and between companies and their shareholders.
- Seconded to the Financial Service Agency's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission and assisted securities inspections of financial instruments firms, the filing of emergency injunctions against unregistered financial instruments firms, and responses to the FATF's Fourth Mutual Review of Japan.
Awards & Rankings
- 2025
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025 - Tier 4 in the "Dispute resolution: Independent local firms", recognized as Practice Head
- 2024
- Chambers Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 - Band 4 in the "Dispute Resolution: Domestic", recognized as Notable Practitioners
- 2024
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 - Tier 4 in the "Dispute resolution: Independent local firms", recognized as Practice Head
- 2023
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 - Tier 4 in the "Dispute resolution: Independent local firms", recognized as Practice Head
