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Attorney at LawKenji SHODA

Professional and Academic Associations：Tokyo Bar Association

With his unique experience of having worked for a major industrial company for years, Kenji Shoda provides his clients with right and exact solutions based on his deep understanding of a decision making process in a private company. He has considerable experience in finance law, insurance law and real estate related cases. He is willing to participate in a collective bargaining with a labor union to take the management side and also represents a company at a hearing held by Labor Tribunal Committee, to offer to his clients specific and strategic advice.

March 1985	The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
April 1985 – March 1993	Tokyo Electric Power Company
April 1995	Admitted to the bar and joined TRC

Industry Sectors of Main Clients

Banks, Life insurance companies, Leasing companies, Moneylenders, Payment and settlement of funds servicers, Securities brokers, Private equity funds, Claim collection servicers, Shipping companies, Trading companies, Real estate companies, Manufacturing companies, Construction companies, Telecommunications carriers, Engineering companies, Medical corporations, Incorporated educational institutions, Independent administrative corporations, Energy suppliers / Power companies, Computer and video game software development companies・Amusement and commercial facility management companies, Information and Technology companies, E-commerce companies, Printing companies, Automobile sales companies, Food product companies

Main Practice Areas

Litigation / Dispute resolution（Civil litigation, Commercial litigation, Commercial non-contentious case procedures, Arbitration and other Alternative dispute resolution procedures）／Corporate matters（M&A, Restructuring of organization, Corporate governance, Shareholders’ meeting）／Compliance（Compliance with regulatory laws, Support for establishing internal control systems, Prevention of unjust acts by anti-social forces）／Risk / Crisis　Management（Investigations of unlawful acts, Support for public relations, Authorities relations, Handling whistle-blowing）／Intellectual Property Rights・Information（Copyrights, Trademark rights, License transactions, Patent disputes and other IP disputes, Protection of personal information, Information and Technologies/ Telecommunications）／Labor and Employment（General labor law, Labor Tribunal Committee relations, Labor unions, Labor Standards Inspection Office relations, Layoff / Workforce reduction）／Financial service / Payment and settlement of funds（Banking Law, Money Lending Business Law, Funds Settlement Law, Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Financial Services Law）／Credit management / Debt collection（Credit management, Civil provisional remedies, Civil litigation, Civil execution, Financial alternative dispute resolution）／Business revitalization・Bankruptcy（Civil rehabilitation law, Corporate reorganization law, Bankruptcy law, Private liquidation）／Financing arrangements（Issuance of stocks(options), Issuance of corporate bonds, Initial Public Offering）／Real Estate（Real estate management, Sales and Purchase / Leasing of real estate, Subleasing, Real estate financing, Construction-related disputes）／International Affairs（International M&A, International arbitration, Drafting and reviewing contracts, Cross-border domestic-relations cases）／Competition law（Antitrust law, Unfair competition prevention act, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Subcontract law）／Criminal case

Principal Activities

April 2003 – March 2004	Ordinary counselor of Tokyo Bar Association
June 2016 –	Auditor of Nissay Information Technology Co., Ltd.