Hiroshi Watanabe

Practice Areas

Hiroshi Watanabe’s dispute resolution experience is mainly in corporate lawsuits, including derivative suits. For example, he led a ground-breaking case against Intelligence, Ltd., where, for the first time ever in Japan, regression analysis was used to adjust the stock price in a securities action. He is also very experienced in litigation relating to business acquisitions and labour disputes. Finally, he has very deep experience working on cases dealing with different kinds of economic crimes. These include cases about the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act of Japan (regarding insider trading and correcting past accounts), the Anti-Monopoly Act of Japan involving international cartels, the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, the Unfair Competition Prevention Act and tax evasion.

For more details of his practice areas (other than the dispute resolution practice) is available at: https://www.ushijima-law.gr.jp/en/attorney/hiroshi-watanabe/

Career

Admitted in Japan (1996)

Completed the first doctoral course (in the Companies Act) at Graduate School of Law of Chuo University (1997)

Partner, Ushijima & Partners (2003)

Part-time auditor at Aoba Life Insurance (until 2004)

Professional Memberships

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association.

Personal

Chuo University (LL.B., 1992)

For more details of his profile including his awards, publications and seminars is available at: https://www.ushijima-law.gr.jp/en/attorney/hiroshi-watanabe/

Awards