Katsusuke Amano provides advice, on a daily basis, to clients regarding all matters relating to business operations and also represents them in lawsuits and other legal matters. As his area of expertise, he has handled numerous cases in the field of bankruptcy law, including acting as legal (reorganization) trustee in large-scale corporate reorganization cases. With the recent rise in cutting-edge legal matters, Mr. Amano promptly handles these matters together with members of our firm who are well versed in the relevant fields of law.  As an outside director of both listed and unlisted companies, he has worked for many years to help companies establish better corporate governance. 

Work Highlights

• Provided Legal Advice concerning the Acquisition of the Shares of a Thai Company
• Business Restructuring of a Chinese Joint Venture Company
• Court Appointed Trustee for the Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of a Company Engaged in the Civil Engineering Construction and Heavy Machinery Business
• Outside director (for listed enterprises)
• Provision of guidance for shareholders’ meetings (for listed enterprises)
• Independent Committee member for establishment of TOB targeted companies
• Member of Special Committee for Anti-Takeover Defenses
• Member of Independent Committee for Investigation of Corporate Scandals
• Member of Clinical Research Ethics Review Committee of pharmaceutical companies
• Reorganization trustee (for logistic companies)
• Attorney filing a petition for corporate rehabilitation (for credit card companies, general contractors)
• Bankruptcy trustee (for a number of consumer finance providers, debtors, etc.)
• Bankruptcy trustee (for a number of dealers of kimono fabrics, consumers, etc.)
• Attorney filing petition for bankruptcy of a religious corporation
• Attorney filing petition for civil rehabilitation (transport industry)
• Civil rehabilitation supervisor
• Internal reporting contact office (listed enterprise groups)

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