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SATORU KANAI(Representative Partner)

Education / Career

1999 Sophia University (BA, International Legal Studies)
2001 Passed Japanese Bar exam
2003 Admitted to Japanese Bar (Qualified Attorney,Daini Tokyo Bar Association)
2003-2012 Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo (former Asahi Koma Law Offices)
2012 Founded Shinju Law Offices
2013 Founded Daichi Law Offices
2016 Supervisory officer, Nippon Life Private Reit Inc.
2023 Certified as “Organizations Supporting Management Innovation” of The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
2023 Outside Director (Audit), AOKI Holdings Inc.

Main Practice Areas

General corporate
Restructuring/Insolvency
M&A and organizational restructuring (Mr. Kanai has worked on many M&A and organizational restructuring cases for listed and unlisted companies that range from major manufacturers and major real-estate developers to financial institutions.)
Labor law (Mr. Kanai has worked on many cases involving conflict prevention and conflict handling; he has mainly acted for the employer.)
Real estate
Debt collection/protection
Compliance
Civil & commercial litigation and disputes
General civil & familial related cases

Experience in Restructuring/Insolvency matters

Represented various entities (including a listed leading airline company, a listed digital game company, construction company, a semiconductor-related company and an apparel company) in filing civil rehabilitation cases
Represented various entities (including a bus company and a bio-related company) in filing a corporate reorganization case
Acted as trustee in a corporate reorganization case for a bio-related company
Worked as a supervisors’ aide in a civil rehabilitation case involving a printing firm
Represented various entities (including a temporary- employment firm and a listed real-estate developer) in filing a Turnaround ADR procedure
Represented various entities (including a major farm machine manufacturer, a real-estate developer, a major furniture manufacturer and a hot spring establishment) involving revitalization/ restructuring Worked on many other liquidation (including special liquidation proceedings) and administration matters in bankruptcy cases
Represented multiple financial institutions, such as megabanks and regional banks, on debt collection from / preservation of assets failed firms

Membership

Deputy Director of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association’s Insolvency Law Research Group Member of the Japanese Association of Turnaround Professions Member of the Management Legal Conference (a labor law research group)

Languages

Japanese / English

Publications

2024 Q&A for Legal Fundamentals and Practice of Security Interest (co-author, co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)

2018 Collection of Forms for Bankruptcy Practice (co-author, Jigakusha Shuppan Co., Ltd.)

2017 Problems concerning Skymark’s bankruptcy proceeding (The Turnaround & Credit Management No.156, April 5th 2017)

2015 An industry specific guide to business turnaround in Japan (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)

2015 Restructuring – All about Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) (co-author, Shojihomu Co., Ltd.)

2015 An Industry Specific Guide to Business Turnaround in Japan (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs,Inc.)

2014 Study for Professional Lawsuits ⑧: Lawsuits regarding Insolvency Act and Restructuring (co-author, Minjiho Kenkyukai, Co., Ltd.)

2014 Act on Revision of the Insolvency Act: 150 Topics (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)

2014 Collateral and Guarantee in Japanese Insolvency Proceedings (co-author, Shojihomu, Co., Ltd.)

2012 Background to filing an application for Turnaround ADR and a petition for corporate reorganization proceedings By Hayashibara Group (Kinyu Houmu Jijo No.1925, August 25, 2012)

2009 3800 Legal Countermeasures for Bank tellers (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)

2007 Practicing the Guideline for Voluntary Liquidation (co-author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.)

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