{"id":572,"date":"2019-06-26T01:10:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/?post_type=professional&#038;p=572"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:22:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:22:26","slug":"hiroshi-morimoto","status":"publish","type":"professional","link":"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/professionals\/hiroshi-morimoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshi Morimoto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hiroshi Morimoto consults on a daily basis with a wide range of clients, mainly as advisory counsel, and seeks to provide, to the greatest extent possible, practical advice, not just from a legal perspective, but from a business perspective, as well.&nbsp; In addition, Mr. Morimoto has handled many large-scale insolvency cases, including international cases, and he takes advantage of the knowledge gained in those cases in advising his other clients.&nbsp; Mr. Morimoto also serves as an outside corporate director, and he strives each day to provide value to companies by utilizing his extensive knowledge and experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the representative of the firm, Mr. Morimoto works hard to operate a large organization in a rational manner and also help serve clients by accurately grasping their needs and forming a team within the firm to meet those needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Work Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Formulated and executed a scheduled liquidation program for a company which imports raw materials and processes them in Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handling by a parent company of compliance violations committed by directors of a U.S. subsidiary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disputes relating to settlement amount among corporations formed by joint venture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disputes relating to the ownership of unlisted enterprises in the course of business succession<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Execution of inheritance tax strategies and business succession of a corporation in the course of business succession based upon company split<\/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>2013 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Assumed the position of the representative and the CEO of Kitahama Partners Group<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Representative Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1992 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1987<\/td><td>Graduated from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan; Admitted to practice in Japan; Joined Kitahama Partners<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1985<\/td><td>Waseda 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>2010<\/td><td>Vice President, Osaka Bar Association<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>Executive Director, Kinki Federation of Bar Associations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2004 &#8211; 2005, 2010 &#8211; 2011<\/td><td>Director, Kinki Federation of Bar Associations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>Executive Governor, Japan Federation of Bar Associations<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Outside Auditor, IwaiCosmo Holdings, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auditor, Showa Education Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"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-572","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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