ATTORNEYS
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Founder and Representative Partner / Attorney at Law
ICHIRO KIKUCHI
Founder and Representative Partner / Attorney at Law
ICHIRO KIKUCHI
- Fields of
Expertise - Comprehensive strategic planning Negotiations Cross examinations
- Career
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April 1969Entered Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
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September 1972Passed Bar Exam
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March 1973Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
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April 1973Legal Apprentice (27th Term)
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April 1975Completed legal apprenticeship (27th Term)
Registered as an attorney with Daini Tokyo Bar Association -
April 1980Opened the office
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April 1991Vice President of Daini Tokyo Bar Association
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June 1994Auditor of a company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (until June 2015)
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April 1997Managing Director of Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)
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May 1999Chairman of the Non-Attorney Regulation Committee of Daini Tokyo Bar Association (until April 2002)
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July 2001Chairman of the Joint Committee of Non-Attorney Regulation Committee of Joint of Three Bar Associations in Tokyo
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April 2006Chairman of the Permanent Council of Daini Tokyo Bar Association
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- Fields of
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Representative Partner / Attorney at Law (Admitted in Japan and in the State of New York)
HIROKO KIKUCHI
Representative Partner / Attorney at Law (Admitted in Japan and in the State of New York)
HIROKO KIKUCHI
- Fields of
Expertise - Corporate legal affairs Dispute Resolution Examination of English contracts International Inheritance, etc
- Career
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March 2000Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
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November 2001Passed Bar Exam
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April 2002Legal Apprentice (56th Term)
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October 2003Completed legal apprenticeship (56th Term)
Registered as an attorney with Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Joined this Office -
April 2006Vice Chairperson of the Committee of Criminal Law System and Rights of Criminal Detainees of Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Member of JFBA Criminal Detention System Reform Realization Headquarters and member of the Secretariat of the same -
November 2007Promoted to Junior Partner
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July 2008Studied in the United States (New York University, Law School)
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November 2010Passed the Bar Exam of the State of New York, U.S.A.
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April 2011Chairperson of the Committee of Criminal Law System and Rights of Criminal Detainees of Daini Tokyo Bar Association
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May 2011Registered with the State of New York, U.S.A. as an attorney
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October 2012Promoted to Partner
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April 2014Chairperson of the Joint Committee of the Three Tokyo Bar Associations to Investigate Detention Facilities
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February 2016Volunteer Probation Officer
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July 2019Promoted to Representative Partner
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- Publications
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- “Report of Inspection Tour of the MH Prison Downview,” UK Survey Report of the Joint Committee of the Three Tokyo Bar Associations to Investigate Detention Facilities
- “Report of Inspection Tour of the MH Prison Manchester,” UK Survey Report of the Joint Committee of the Three Tokyo Bar Associations to Investigate Detention Facilities
- “A look at the Prison Inspection System and the Appeal Examination System in Britain – UK Survey Report of the Joint Committee of the Three Tokyo Bar Associations to Investigate Detention Facilities –,” CPR New Letter (Center for Prisoner Rights Newsletter), March 2007 Issue
- ‘Study on the Causes of False Charges’, Keiso Shobo (translation collaboration of chapters 6 and 7)
- “Report of Inspection Tour of the Harima Rehabilitation Program Center,” NIBEN Frontier, July 2013 Issue
- “Civil Engineering Viewed from the Outside: Power behind the Scenes,” Journal of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Vol.101, No. 2 (February 2016 Issue)
- ’Death Penalty and the Victims’, Nippon Hyoron Sha, Co., Ltd. (Japanese translation of the English book published by United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner) (translation of 3.1(3) of Chapter 3)
- Languages
- Japanese English Spanish
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Partner / Attorney at Law
SHOJI HASHIMOTO
Partner / Attorney at Law
SHOJI HASHIMOTO
- Fields of
Expertise - Wills and trusts/inheritance Civil appeal cases, petitions for acceptance of final appeal Discussion of material facts
- Career
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March 1969Graduated from Hibiya High School
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April 1969Entered Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
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March 1973Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
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October 1975Passed Bar Exam
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April 1976Legal Apprentice (30th Term)
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April 1978Completed legal apprenticeship (30th Term)
Appointed to be a judge -
March 2005Resigned as judge (judge of Tokyo High Court)
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April 2005Registered as an attorney with Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Joined this Office -
October 2005Promoted to Partner
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April 2006Vice Chairman of the Bar Regulations Establishment Committee of Daini Tokyo Bar Association
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April 2007Professor of Toyo University, Law School
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- Publications
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- "Fundamental Issues of Material Facts' Seibundo
- ‘Miscellaneous Issues Relating to Handling of Divisions of Inherited Property Cases – Compiled by the Legal Training and Research Institute’, Hosokai (joint authorship)
- ‘Lecture on the Practice of Family Law – 2nd Edition’, Minjiho Kenkyu-kai (joint authorship)
- “Article 715 of the Civil Code and Article 3 of the Automobile Liability Security Act,” ‘Civil Traffic/Labor Lawsuits’, Seirin-Shoin
- “Inheritance, Special Benefits and Contributory Portions and the Assessment Methods,” Hanrei Jiho No.1608, Hanrei Jiho-sha
- “Bearer of Funeral Costs,” Hanrei Times No.1100, Hanrei Times Co., Ltd.
- “Principles of Material Facts Notebook,” Hakusan Hogaku No.5, Toyo University Graduate School of Law
- Other articles on Cinii: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
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Partner / Attorney at Law
YOSHIAKI TORIMOTO
Partner / Attorney at Law
YOSHIAKI TORIMOTO
- Fields of
Expertise - Wills and trusts/inheritance Voluntary guardianship Family trust General criminal cases
- Career
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April 1975Graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law
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October 1975Passed Advanced-level National Public Service Exam (Legal Specialists)
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April 1976Entered the Ministry of Justice (Official of the Ministry of Justice)
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October 1979Passed Bar Exam
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April 1980Legal Apprentice (34th Term)
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April 1982Completed legal apprenticeship (34th Term)
Appointed to be a public prosecutor -
October 2009Public prosecutor at the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
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June 2010Chief Prosecutor, Yamaguchi District Public Prosecutors Office
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August 2011Chief Prosecutor, Gifu District Public Prosecutors Office
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August 2012Resigned as public prosecutor
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September 2012Appointed to be a notary public (Itabashi Notary Office)
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July 2022Resigned as notary public
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August 2022Registered as an attorney with Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
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January 2023Joined this office
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- Publications
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- “Theory of Stock and Capital and Practice of Registration” (March 1995) Teihan Shuppan (sole authorship)
- “Practical Issues of Preferred Stock (1) – (4)” (‘Shoji Homu’ Nos. 1337, 1338, 1340 & 1341, (1993) Shoji Homu Kenkyu-kai)
- “Family Trust from a Notary Public’s Perspective” (‘Kazoku Shintaku Jitsumu Gaido’ Separate Volume No. 4 (February 2017) Nihon Horei)
- “Basic Knowledge of Self-settled Trust and Self-settled Trust as Considered by a Notary Public” (‘Kazoku Shintaku Jitsumu Gaido’ Separate Volume No. 8 (February 2018) Nihon Horei)
- “International Civil and Commercial Training at the Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice” (‘Jiyu to Seigi’ No. 9 of 1997)
- Other discussions on civil and commercial matters published in various journals, including ‘Toki Kenkyu’ (Teihan), ‘Shoji Homu’ (Shoji Homu), “NBL” (Shoji Homu) and “Kin-yu Homu Jijo” (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs) from 1992 through 1994
- Discussions on the Companies Act in “Practical Consulting: Stock Companies Act 1-5”, (Shoji Homu) (joint authorship)
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External Advisor
Ignacio Javier Blanco Cuesta
External Advisor
Ignacio Javier Blanco Cuesta
- Career
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1996Graduated from UNIVERSITY of ALCALA DE HENARES (Madrid), Faculty of Law (Bachelor of Law)
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1997Registered as an attorney at GARRIGUES (Public laws, contracts, etc.)
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1998Worked at Banco Zaragozano in Madrid (Department of Private Banking)
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2000Established “Polvorosa & Blanco Abogados” (law firm) with a partner.
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2002Became a Commercial Director and a partner at ENERPAL (Renewable Energy).
Started to concentrate on its business (developing solar power plant, wind power station) -
2012Established EUROPE CLEAN ENERGIES JAPAN K.K. in Japan Started developing projects of solar plant in Japan.
Established UNIVERGY K.K. in Japan, appointed as CEO and Representative Director -
2020Joined this Office as an external advisor
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