Anderson Mori & Tomotsune contributed as Platinum Sponsor for the Annual Conference IBA held in Tokyo and many of our attorneys served as speakers and co-chairs during the event
Oct 29, 2014 Others
The Annual Conference IBA (International Bar Association) 2014 was held in Tokyo from October 19 to 24 and over 6,000 lawyers from around the world joined as participants and receptions and sessions in various practices were held during this period. Our firm contributed as a Platinum Sponsor and our Of Counsel, Akira Kawamura, who is the Immediate Past President of the IBA, served as Chair of the Conference Host Committee. The following attorneys of our firm also served as speakers and co-chairs for the following sessions.
Date | Attorney | Session |
Oct 20 Monday | Yukiko Imazu | Fear of flying or just worried about your co-pilot? Working cross border and in association with lawyers from other jurisdictions |
Yoshimasa Furuta | Govern the ungovernable – best forms of law firm structures | |
Ko Hanamizu | International real estate fundraising: Who is raising what? Who would fund my project? | |
Koji Fujita | Life after BEPS: is there anything left in international tax planning? | |
Takashi Toichi (Secretary, Current Legal Developments Subcommittee) | Corporate governance: proxy advisers and executive compensation (Part 2: Executive compensation: initiatives around the world) | |
Etsuko Hara | The Goldilocks question: is government regulation of franchising, licensing and distribution in Asia too much, too little or just right? | |
Oct 21 Tuesday | Hideki Thurgood Kano | Are companies underestimating the special abilities of people with a disability in the workplace |
Yuichiro Nukada (Young Lawyers Liaison Officer, Closely Held and Growing Business Enterprises Committee) | Buoyant infrastructure: managing water-related risk in major infrastructure projects | |
Tatsu Katayama (Senior Vice-Chair, Capital Markets Forum) | Start-ups and capital markets: ‘JOBS Acts’ around the world – stimulating growth or blowing a bubble? (served as Co-chair) | |
Yusuke Nakano | Around the (cartel) world in 80 ways: what to expect when dealing with diverse jurisdictions | |
Akira Kawamura (IBA Immediate Past President; Chair, Conference Host Committee) | More for less: efficiency, charging structures and client relationship management | |
Yuichiro Nukada | Professionalism and compliance | |
Oct 22 Wednesday | Takashi Toichi | Interim periods in acquisition agreements |
Junichi Kondo | What makes a successful corporate and M&A lawyer? | |
Hideki Thurgood Kano | Who's on top? The evolving roles of Japanese, Chinese, Korean and other Asian multinational employers | |
Tu Jinning | Licence to kill – the effects of insolvency on IP licence and similar agreements | |
Hiroshige Nakagawa | Making free trade agreements work for you | |
Yuichiro Nukada | Targeting the Asian market: setting up or taking over a sales and distribution network in Asia | |
Hiroki Wakabayashi | Tiered dispute resolution clauses: best practice and enforcement of obligations to negotiate in good faith | |
Oct 23 Thursday | Hitoshi Ishihara | Is Skype the limit? Are phone bills a thing of the past? |
Hideki Thurgood Kano | Age Issues in the Workplace | |
Naoyuki Kabata (Vice-Chair, Banking Regulation Subcommittee) | Lender liability: present and future | |
Oct 24 Friday | Taro Tsunoda | Current legal developments in M&A |
Masaakira Kitazawa (Member, Conference Host Committee) | Is there ground for one to feed the other? Interaction between international and local firms | |
Wataru Higuchi | What's my name, and does it matter – securities law considerations for listed investment funds |