JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Hiroshi Mitoma, Tomohiko Iwasaki and Kosuke Hamaguchi, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has an es- tablished reputation as a leading Japanese law firm in the area of corporate governance. With a team of approximately 75 partners, having vari - ous backgrounds ranging from corporate/M&A and capital markets to litigation and investiga - tions, the firm regularly advises on corporate governance matters. It provides practical and strategic advice related to corporate govern - ance based on relevant laws, regulations and guidelines as well as current practices. The key areas of the firm’s practice in the corporate
governance sector include conduct of share - holder meetings; proxy statements, securities reports and other disclosure materials; investor relationships; dealing with shareholder activ - ists; management composition and governance structure; management compensation; internal control systems; risk and crisis management; and fiduciary duties, the business judgment rule and directors’ liability. The firm primarily advises listed companies in the corporate governance context, but from time to time advises institu - tional investors as well.
Authors
Hiroshi Mitoma joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in 1993 and has been a partner since 2001. He taught corporate law at the University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and
Tomohiko Iwasaki joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in 1997 and has been a partner since 2007. He has thorough knowledge of the Companies Act, including corporate
Politics from 2004 to 2007 and has been a member of the Study Groups of the Corporate Governance organised by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry since 2017. His primary areas of practice are corporate governance and corporate/M&A. He earned his LLB from the University of Tokyo in 1991 and his LLM from Harvard Law School in 1998. He is admitted to the Bar in Japan and New York.
governance matters, having been seconded to the Ministry of Justice of Japan for two years and been a member of the team that drafted the Companies Act Bill. His practice focuses on corporate transactions, including international and domestic M&A, capital alliances and joint ventures. He earned his LLB from the University of Tokyo in 1995 and his LLM from Harvard Law School in 2002. He is admitted to the Bar in Japan.
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