Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Shiro Kuniya has been highly acclaimed;

Ranked among Nikkei Business Journal’s top ten most highly regarded lawyers in Japan in the areas of “Corporate and M&A” and “International Transaction and Dispute Resolution”.

Listed as Leading Lawyer for M&A in IFLR 2015, for Financial & Corporate Law in IFLR 2017 (International Finance Law Review)

Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate / M&A” section and “Dispute Resolution" section, Chambers Asia Pacific, Asia, Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business, (since 2009).

Listed as leading individuals in “Corporate and M&A” section, the Asia Pacific Legal 500 (since 2009).

Listed in Corporate and M&A, International Business Transactions, Litigation, Intellectual Property and Trade section in “Best Lawyers” (since 2008).

Awarded “Project Finance of the Year 1999” (Universal Studio Japan Theme Park Project) by Euromoney.

April 2002 - February 2023 Managing Partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

September 1986 - 2002 Partner, Oh-Ebashi Law Offices

September 1986 - August 1987 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, Los Angeles

April 1982 - August 1986 Associate, Oh-Ebashi Law Offices

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(1) Bar Association

September 2019 - 2023 Chairman of Board of Committees on International Affairs and Strategies, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

2011 - 2012 President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

2009 - 2010 Vice-President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

2008 - 2012 Chairman of International Relations Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

1995 - 1998 Chairman of Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

1987 - 2013 American Bar Association (ABA)

(2) Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

May 2012 - present Arbitrator, Shanghai International Arbitration Center (SHIAC)

2010 - present Arbitrator, The Asian International Arbitration Center

June 2009 - present Member of the Board, The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

2004 - present Arbitrator, The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

1998 - 2006 Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Center

1997 - present Arbitrator, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center

(3) Board Member/Audit & Supervisory Board Member

April 2020 - present Auditor, CiRA (Center for iPS Cell Research and Application) Foundation, Kyoto University

June 2016 - June 2022 Member of the Board, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

June 2013 - June 2016 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

June 2013 - June 2021 Member of the Board, Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

June 2012 - March 2020 Member of the Board, Ebara Corporation

March 2012 - present Member of the Board, NEXON Co., Ltd.

April 2011 - present Member of the Board, Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

2006 - 2010 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Nidec Corporation

1999 - present Auditor, Tazuke Kofukai Foundation, Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital

1997 - 2000 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Sunstar Inc.

(4) University, Institute & Committee, etc.

2020 - 2024 Member of Advisory Board, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center（JIDRC）

July 2019 - July 2023 President, The Asian Society of International Law (Japan Society)

2015 - 2016 Committee Member to Review International Taxation for Cross-border Business Operation of Japanese Companies/BEPS Project (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

2015 - 2021 Chairman, Corporate Law Practice Research Committee (Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice)

2014 Member of Special Committee to Review Competition Policy and State Aid (Japanese Fair Trade Commission)

2013- Member of Advisory Board, Business Law Department of Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University

June 2013 - June 2019 Vice President, The Asian Society of International Law (Japan Society)

2012 - 2021 Member of Georgetown University Law Center, Asian Law Alumni Advisory Board

2008 - 2009 Chairman, Research Grant Program Nomination Committee, The Toyota Foundation

2003 - 2014 Advisor for Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation

2001 - 2002 Member of Management Council, Kyushu University, Faculty of Law

1999 Member of Special Committee of Economic Council for Prime Minister of Japan

1998 - 1999 Institute of Intellectual Property, ADR committee

1995 - 2000 Adjunct Professor at Kyushu University, Faculty of Law (Master of Law, LL.M. Course)

1990 - 2011 The Japan Association of International Economic Law

1987 - 1999 Regular Coordinator and Moderator at Comparative Law Center (Japan) (Programs on International Transactions, Shareholders’ Derivative Suit, Products Liability Law, Entertainment Law, Information Industry Business & Law, etc.)

1982 - 2014 Japanese Association of the Law of Civil Procedure

(5) Third-Party Committee, Special (Investigation) Committee

(Corporate Misconduct, Accounting Irregularity)

Chairman of Third Party Committee, Japan Display Inc. （2019 - 2020） Chairman of Third Party Committee, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. （2019） Chairman of Special Investigation Committee, Naigai Co., Ltd. （2019） Chairman of Special Investigation Committee, Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. （2019 - 2020）

(TOB、MBO)

Chairman of Special Committee, Sony Financial Holdings Inc. （TOB）（2020） Chairman of Third Party Committee, Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.（TOB）（2012 - 2013） Chairman of Third Party Committee, Japan Wind Development Co., Ltd. （MBO）（2015） Chairman of Third Party Committee, Image Holdings Co., Ltd. （MBO）（2010 - 2011） Chairman of Third Party Committee, VarioSecure Networks，Inc．（MBO）（2009）

1986 Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Law, LL.M.)

1982 Legal Training and Research Institute (Supreme Court), Japan

1980 Kyoto University (LL.B.)