Shinichi Kawai
Of Counsel- 03-6888-1120
- 03-6888-3120
Practice Areas
Practice
After serving as a Supreme Court Justice from 1994 to 2002, Shinichi Kawai is currently Of Counsel at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. A longstanding and prominent member of the Osaka Bar Association, prior to serving on the Supreme Court Mr. Kawai's practice included extensive work with multiple financial institutions in Osaka. Mr. Kawai acted as a consultant counsel to such financial institutions, advising on all aspects of their business, with a focus on financial-related litigation. Mr. Kawai additionally served as an Assistant Judge from 1957 to 1962, and was a member of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice from 1987 to 1991, and the National Bar Examination Committee from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Kawai's current focus at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune includes advising on litigation matters.
Practice Groups
・Litigation Practice
Publications/Lectures
| ・ | Study of Precedents Regarding Business Law Matters (3) (Shoji-Homu Kenkyukai, Publishers) |
| ・ | Legal Counseling Regarding Bills and Cheques (Yuhikaku, Publishers, 1968) (co-author) |
| ・ | Civil Preservation Law in Practice, New Edition (Shoji-Homu Kenkyukai, Publishers, 2002) (co-author) |
| ・ | Legal Counseling Regarding Bills and Cheques, New Edition (Yuhikaku, Publishers, 1992) |
| ・ | Provisional Seizure, Provisional Disposition and Provisional Registration and Disposition (Kinyu Zaisei - Jijo Kenkyukai, Publishers, 1992) |
| ・ | New Edition - Loan Management and Collection Series - Provisional Attachment, Preliminary Injunction and Preliminary Registration (Kinyu Zaisei Jijou Kenkyukai, Publishers, 2011) |
| ・ | "Payment of Bills and Cheques after the Attachment of Causative Obligation and Section 481 of the Civil Code," Civil and Commercial Code magazine, Vol. 73, No.2 |
| ・ | "Depositor of the Special Time Deposit," Kinyu-Homu Jijo, No. 1047 |
| ・ | "Mortgage by Transfer Against Aggregate Receivables of Which Debtor is Indefinite," Kinyu Homu Jijo, No. 1186 |
| ・ | "Recommendation for Chairmen of Shareholders' Meetings to be Professional," Shoji Homu, No. 1090 |
| ・ | "Problems concerning Security in Business Activity" (round-table-discussion), Kinyu Homu Jijo, No. 1143 to 1146 |
| ・ | "Significance of Regulations against the Acquisition of Treasury Stock and its Mitigation" (round-table-discussion), Civil and Commercial Code magazine, Vol. 97, No. 3,4 |
| ・ | "Problems concerning Employee Stock Ownership Plans" (round-table-discussion), Civil and Commercial Code magazine, Vol. 98, No. 1,2,3 |
| ・ | "Problems concerning Fund Raising by the Allocation of New Shares to a Third Party" (round-table-discussion), Civil and Commercial Code magazine, Vol. 99, No. 6 and Vol. 100, No. 1 |
Education
・Kyoto University (LL.B., 1955)
・Special Student, Harvard Law School (1958-59)
・Special Student, Harvard Law School (1958-59)
Professional Admissions
・Osaka Bar Association (1962-1994, Executive Vice-President 1972-1973)
・Tokyo Bar Association (2002)
・Tokyo Bar Association (2002)
Professional and Academic Associations
・Japan Association of Private Law
・Japan Association of Finance
・Japanese American Society for Legal Studies
・Japan Association of Finance
・Japanese American Society for Legal Studies
Languages
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・English
