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In addition, making use of his experience of having been seconded to a securities firm to underwrite public offerings, Mr. Taniguchi actively assists clients in initial public offerings and ventures. Mr. Taniguchi has also accumulated a great deal of experience in resolving inter-enterprise disputes.<\/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\/6139\/\">The Privatization of\u00a0a Real Estate Company Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0Construction\u00a0Company Listed on the\u00a0Prime\u00a0Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitahama.or.jp\/english\/news\/4923\/\">Investigation by the Third-party Committee into IR Japan Holdings, Ltd.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consolidation and restructuring of domestic regional banks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joint venture between a major Japanese manufacturer and a major German manufacturer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large-scale third-party allocation of new shares by a listed company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transition to a holding company structure of a listed company<\/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>Jan 2012 &#8211; Present<\/td><td>Kitahama Partners, Partner<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Apr 2009  &#8211; Mar 2011 <\/td><td>Seconded to a private company<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oct 2004<\/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>Mar 1999<\/td><td>Keio University, Faculty of Business and Commerce<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"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-670","professional","type-professional","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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