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Shigeru MORIMOTO Of Counsel
KYOTO

Practice AreasCorporate legal affairs, corporate governance, corporate finance, M&A, and legal aspects of financial transactions.
EducationKyoto University, Faculty of Law
LanguagesJapanese

Professional Career

June 1983 to Apr. 1992
Kyoto University, Faculty of Law, Professor

 

Apr. 1992 to Mar. 2009
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Law, Professor(concurrently acting as Professor at Faculty of Law)

 

Apr.2005 to Mar. 2007
Kyoto University, Dean of Graduate School of Law

 

Apr. 2009 to present
Appointed Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University

 

Apr. 2009 to present
Doshisha Law School, Professor

 

June 2009 to present
Outside Director of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd.,

 

Oct. 2011
Registered with Kyoto Bar Association
Joined Chuo Sogo Law Office

Publications

Publication
"Lectures on Corporation Law and Laws on Commercial Transaction and Bills (Second Edition)," author, Seibundoh, December 2011
Publication
"Corporation Law (Second Edition)," author, Yushindo, 1995
Publication
"Formation and Development of Companies Law in EC," author, Shoji Homu Kenkyukai, 1984
Publication
"Comprehensive Studies on Laws concerning parent-subsidiary companies," author and editor, Shoji Homu Kenkyukai, 2009
Publication
"Comparative Studies on Corporation Laws," author and editor, Shoji Homu Kenkyukai, 2003

Paper

Paper
"Directors' Liability and Shareholder Derivative Lawsuits" in Shoji Homu, num.1932, 2011
Paper
"Company Splits and Protection of Creditors" in Kinyu Homu Jijyo num.1923, 2011
Paper
"Theoretical Significance and Practical Functions of Principles of Equality of Shareholders – Equal and Fair Treatment of Shareholders" in Minshoho Magazine, vol.141-3, 2009
Paper
Article 3 to Article 5 in "Article-by-Article Explanations on the Companies Act" vol.1, Chuokeizai-sha, 2008
Paper
Article 108 in "Article-by-Article Explanations on the Companies Act" vol.2, Chuokeizai-sha, 2008
Paper
Article 366 to Article 373 and Article 390 to Article 395 in "Commentaries on the Companies Act" vol.8, Shoji Homu Kenkyukai, 2009
Paper
Previous notes to Part 5 in "Commentaries on the Companies Act" vol.17, Shoji Homu Kenkyukai, 2010
Practice AreasCorporate legal affairs, corporate governance, corporate finance, M&A, and legal aspects of financial transactions.
EducationKyoto University, Faculty of Law
LanguagesJapanese