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
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)
Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Tamura Tokuo Law Office
1976
Kyoto University (LL.B.)
Other Activities
2011 – 2014
Member, Examination Committee for Comprehensive Evaluation on Construction Work, etc. of Osaka Prefecture (formerly, Comprehensive Evaluation Committee on Construction Work, etc. of Osaka Prefecture)
2007 – 2011
Member, The Osaka Third-Party Committee to Check Pension Records
