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Hironori Nishikino

Hironori Nishikino

Position

Partner. Insurance and reinsurance law with special expertise in Insurance Business Act; advising on finance-related laws and regulations including Banking Act, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and Money Lending Business Act; advising on corporate matters including entity establishment and organization, M&As, and bankruptcies and liquidations; representing insurance companies in legal disputes concerning financial and insurance products and services, including judicial proceedings, mediation, and financial services ADR.

Career

Partner at Chuo Sogo LPC; on loan to the Insurance Business Division of the Supervisory Bureau of Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan as a fixed-term governmental official (2005-2007); member of the "Working group on the provision of insurance products and services” of the Financial System Council, FSA (June 2012 – June 13); member of the “Task force for making documents for the solicitation and explanation of insurance policies more consumer-friendly” of the General Insurance Association of Japan (Sep. 2012 - Sep. 2013); member of the “Study group assessing risks of natural disasters” of the PwC Research Institute (Japan) LLC (Oct. 2012 - July 2013); member of Advisory Council of the Life Insurance Association of Japan devoted to making “Efforts to render documents for insurance solicitation simpler and easily understandable” (Dec. 2012 - July 2013); member of the “Safety Nets in Housing Warranty Insurance System” study group of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) (July 2017 - March 2018); member of the study group formed by the MLIT to review the housing warranty scheme for the 10th anniversary of its enforcement (July 2018 – October 2019); chairperson of a third-party committee for a several companies (2021 – 2024)

Languages

Japanese; English.

Memberships

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (Japan); The Japanese Society of Insurance Science.

Education

Kyoto University (LL.B.)

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