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Hiroko Takiguchi

Partner / Attorney at Law

Osaka Office

Major Practice Areas
Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions / Employment and Labor / Administrative Law / Dispute Resolution / Long-Term Nursing Care / Manufacturing / Trading Companies / Distribution & Retail / Special Corporations
Other Practice Areas
Business Succession / Restructuring and Insolvency / Real Estate / Construction/Architecture
Languages
Japanese

Overview

Hiroko Takiguchi is a Partner mainly handling cases in the areas of general corporate law, litigation, and administrative law. She has experience in providing legal advice in a wide variety of business transactions, as well as representing her clients in M&A transactions. Moreover, she often provides legal support to administrative bodies, including local governments. Utilizing her expertise in corporate governance, she has been serving as an outside director of corporations and a specially appointed professor at a national university corporation law school.

Work Highlights

Education & Professional Career

Jan 2003 – PresentKitahama Partners, Partner
Mar 1992Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Kitahama Partners
Mar 1990Resigned from the Osaka Municipal Office
Apr 1989Employed at the Osaka Municipal Office
Mar 1986Osaka University (LL.B.)

Other Activities

Jun 2025 – PresentChairperson, Steering Committee of the Boundary Issues Consulting Center Osaka
Mar 2025 – PresentOutside Director, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
Apr 2023 – PresentMember, The Expert Meeting to Strengthen the Governance of International Sports Events in Tokyo
Jan 2023 – PresentAdvisory Board Member, Osaka University Law School
Jun 2022 – PresentOutside Auditor, Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
Mar 2022 –PresentOutside Auditor, SENSHUKAI CO., LTD.
2022Director, Kinki Federation of Bar Associations
2021Executive Director, Kinki Federation of Bar Associations
2021Vice President, Osaka Bar Association
Sep 2020 – Aug 2024Auditor, National University Corporation Kyoto Institute of Technology
2020Representative, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Apr 2018 – Mar 2021Specially Appointed Professor, Osaka University Law School
Apr 2016 – Jun 2024 Member, Committee for Personnel Affairs Inspection, etc. of Osaka City
Apr 2012 – PresentMember, Urban Planning Council of Minoh City
Apr 2012 – Mar 2024Member, Family Conciliation Committee, Osaka Family Court
May 2005 – May 2021Outside Director, Medical Ikkou Co., Ltd.

Memberships

  • Japan Corporate Governance Network
  • Japan Auditor Association
  • The Family Business Advisors Association Japan
  • Japan Institute for Condominium Living