Lawyer Introduction

Education/Professional Experience

1971

Waseda University (B.A., Political Science and Economics) (1970 Passed Bar Examination During Senior Year at Waseda University)

1973

Legal Training and Research Institute

1973

Admitted to the Japanese Bar

1973

Registered with the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
University of Washington Law School (LL.M., June 1975. Specialized in Areas of International Commercial Trade Law, such as Contracts, Corporate Law, Antitrust Law, Administrative Law and Tax Law)

1975～
1976

Columbia Law School (Visiting Scholar at Ph.D. Course)
(Specialized in Banking and Securities Law under Professor Cary, Former Chairman for the US Securities and Exchange Commission)

1976

Sullivan & Cromwell, Wall Street, New York
(Areas of Practice: International Secured Transactions, Banking Transactions, and Antitrust Law Associated with Investment Banking)

1976～
1977

Debevoise Plimptom Lyons & Gates, Park Avenue, New York
(Areas of Practice: International Trade, Insurance Law, M&A, and Capital Markets (with and Emphasis on Institutional Investors))

1977

Kelly Drye & Warren, Park Avenue, New York
(Areas of Practice: International Banking and Leasing)

1977～
1978

Coward Chance, London
(Areas of Practice: Syndicate Loans, Euro Bond Issues, and International Trade)

1980

Established Hashidate Law Office

1985

Hashidate Law Office moved to the Imperial Hotel Tower

2003

Executive Vice President, the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association.

2004

Chairperson, Law School Committee, the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

2006

Standing Director, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

2006

Vice-Chairman / Discussion Group on Constitutional Affairs Japan Association of Corporate Executives（Keizai Doyukai） Public Interest Incorporated Association

2006

Expert Member, Council for University Chartering and School Judicial Persons, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Inquiry Committee, Special Committee on Law Schools, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

2007

Expert Advisor / The Committee for Law School Accreditation
National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education
Independent Administrative Institution

2007

Vice-Chairman / The Committee for Service Industry and Productivity Improvement
Japan Association of Corporate Executives（Keizai Doyukai） Public Interest Incorporated Association

2009

Vice-Chairman / The Committee for Economic Legislation
Japan Association of Corporate Executives（Keizai Doyukai） Public Interest Incorporated Association

2013

Arbitrator
China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
Shanghai International Arbitration Center

2016

Vice-Chairman / The Headquarters for the Abolishment of the Death Penalty
Japan Federation of Bar Associations

2017

Vice-Chairman / The Committee for the Political Reform / Vice-Chairman
Japan Association of Corporate Executives（Keizai Doyukai） Public Interest Incorporated Association

2017

The Order of the Rising Sun

Publications

• Financing Corporations with Convertible Debentures in the U.S.A and Japan (English, Kinokuniya, 1976);
• Regulation of Foreign Banking in the United States, (Toyo Keizai Inc. , 1978);
• Legal Aspects of International Loan Transactions (Article, Financial Law Journal, 1983);
• International Financial Transactions Practice-System of Mortgage Law; Fourth Volume (Co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs Inc. 1985);
• Structure of International Lease Transactions – Lecture on The Laws Controlling Lease Transactions; Last Volume (Article, English, Co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs Inc. 1986);
• International Financial Transaction in Practice ; A New Edition (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs Inc. 1987);
• Guarantee of an “Effective Civil Trial”- Proposal for Introducing U.S. Discovery (Liberty and Justice, Vol.52, 2001);
• A Full Japanese Translation of U.S. Bar Examination Workbook - California Bar Examination and Multistate Bar Examination (Dai-Ichi Hoki Co., Ltd. 2005);
• Transfer Pricing & Tax Avoidance: First Edition 2014” (Thomson Reuters UK Limited., September 2014) (co-author)
• The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review: Second Edition (Law Business Research Ltd., November 2014) (co-author)

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

Finance, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Securities Regulation, Labor Law

Representative Cases

• Representing banks and leasing firms in various loan and asset financing arrangements.
• Advising on reorganization of several corporate groups.
• Cross-border investments in assets and corporate shares.
• Representing foreign companies in labor disputes.
• Representing shareholders in derivative actions.

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

Civil Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

Competition Law, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, General Corporate, Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy

Language

English, Spanish, and Japanese

Practices Areas

Contracts, International Law, Litigation, Corporate Governance, Legislation

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

M&A/Inheritance

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

Contracts, Corporate Law, Finance, Labor Law, Inheritance, Litigation

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

Corporate Law, Litigation, Criminal Law

Languages

Japanese and English

Practices Areas

Contracts, International Law, Litigation/Dispute Resolution, Insurance/Reinsurance, M&A