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Also, Mr. Yokoyama has been focusing on legal affairs related to sport as his life\u2019s work.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The second bankruptcy case of a Japanese listed company during the COVID-19 pandemic (Bankruptcy Trustee Representative)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case of pursuing the liabilities of an officer of a major Japanese company (attorney for the officer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education \uff06 Professional Career<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Jun 2023<\/td><td>Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 2018<\/td><td>Joined Baba &amp; Sawada<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 2016<\/td><td>Intern at Jeff Leong, Poon &amp; Wong (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jan 2016 &#8211; Apr 2018<\/td><td>Employed at ASICS Corporation, Legal Division<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dec 2015<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2014<\/td><td>Osaka University Law School (J.D.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mar 2012<\/td><td>Kwansei Gakuin University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member, Japan Sports Law Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Entertainment Lawyers Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Official Players Representative, Japan Professional Baseball Players Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Network of Insolvency Attorneys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":63,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3735","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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