{"id":566,"date":"2019-06-26T00:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=566"},"modified":"2025-01-08T17:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T08:50:24","slug":"katsusuke-amano","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/katsusuke-amano\/","title":{"rendered":"Katsusuke Amano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.&nbsp; As an outside director of both listed and unlisted companies, he has worked for many years to help companies establish better corporate governance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4885\/\">Provided Legal Advice concerning the Acquisition of the Shares of a Thai Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4870\/\">Business Restructuring of a Chinese Joint Venture Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4831\/\">Court Appointed Trustee for the Corporate Reorganization Proceedings of a Company Engaged in the Civil Engineering Construction and Heavy Machinery Business<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outside director (for listed enterprises)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provision of guidance for shareholders\u2019 meetings (for listed enterprises)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent Committee member for establishment of TOB targeted companies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of Special Committee for Anti-Takeover Defenses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of Independent Committee for Investigation of Corporate Scandals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of Clinical Research Ethics Review Committee of pharmaceutical companies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reorganization trustee (for logistic companies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attorney filing a petition for corporate rehabilitation (for credit card companies, general contractors)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bankruptcy trustee (for a number of consumer finance providers, debtors, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bankruptcy trustee (for a number of dealers of kimono fabrics, consumers, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attorney filing petition for bankruptcy of a religious corporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attorney filing petition for civil rehabilitation (transport industry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Civil rehabilitation supervisor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Internal reporting contact office (listed enterprise groups)<\/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>1985 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1983<\/td><td>Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1978<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Tamura Tokuo Law Office<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1976<\/td><td>Kyoto University (LL.B.)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>2011 &#8211; 2014<\/td><td>Member, Examination Committee for Comprehensive Evaluation on Construction Work, etc. of Osaka Prefecture (formerly, Comprehensive Evaluation Committee on Construction Work, etc. of Osaka Prefecture)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2007 &#8211; 2011<\/td><td>Member, The Osaka Third-Party Committee to Check Pension Records<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2007 &#8211; Mar 2008<\/td><td>Visiting Professor, Kyoto University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2005 &#8211; Mar 2009<\/td><td>Adjunct Professor, Kyoto University Law School<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2004 &#8211; Mar 2005<\/td><td>Visiting Professor, Kyoto University<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td>Vice President, Osaka Bar Association<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":54,"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-566","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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