PROFILE OF ATTORNEY
PROFILE OF ATTORNEY
Attorney NAKANO Kenichi
Partner NAKANO Kenichi
I have been providing legal advice to various inquiries of corporations and advising on transactions they have engaged in. I acted and am still acting as an outside corporate auditor of listed and unlisted companies and have experience and knowledge in internal control, legal compliance and overseas investment.
Since Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, of which I used to be a partner, handled cross-border legal matters, I have been involved in legal practice using English with clients or counterparties.
I have been dealing with litigation without a stop from the time I was admitted as an attorney.
I studied at New York University, School of Law (MCJ84) and was admitted to New York bar. I assisted overseas clients in investment in Japan, Japanese clients in investing abroad and cross-border transactions.
I would be ready to provide comprehensive legal support to clients.
PROFILE
- 1977 University of Tokyo (LLB)
- 1980 Admitted to Japanese Bar and joined Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz
- 1984 New York University School of Law (MCJ)
- 1985 Admitted to New York Bar
- 1984 to 1985 Sullivan & Cromwell in New York
- 1985 Brown & Bain (currently Perkins Coie) in Phoenix, Arizona
- 1986 Rejoined Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz
- 1989 Partner of Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz (currently Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
- 2005 to 2013 Outside corporate auditor of DIC (including audit of subsidiaries in China, USA and UK)
- 2011 Auditor of Society of Global Business
- 2019 Outside corporate auditor of Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. (listed on TSE Standard Market) (including audit of a Thai subsidiary)
- 2019 Corporate auditor of Scenario Function Incorporated (unlisted)
- 2023 Corporate Auditor of Vpon Holdings, Inc.
AWARDS
- Global Law Experts Annual Awards Corporate Lawyer of the Year in Japan - 2023
- Best Lawyers 2023
- Best Lawyers 2022
- Best Lawyers 2021
LITIGATION EXPERIENCE
(PUBLISHED CASES)
- 2005 A case to contest a decision of corporation tax assessment on a foreign silent partner in a silent partnership (Tokyo District Court decision)
- 2006 A case concerning copyright in a movie (Intellectual Property Right High Court decision)
- 2007 A case to contest a decision of corporation tax assessment on a foreign silent partner in a silent partnership (Tokyo High Court Decision)
- 2022 A case to contest a decision of corporation tax assessment on loan interest incurred in the debt pushdown (Supreme Court)
BAR ASSOCIATION
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- Admitted in Japan and New York
LANGUAGES
- Japanese
- English
- Chinese language capacity is available by collaborating with a Chinese language speaker.