2023-present – Chairman, New Regulations Promotion Committee, Tokyo Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer’s Association 2017-2021 – Researcher, Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer’s Associations, Judicial Research Institute, IT Strategy Section 2009-present – Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent Office 2004-2008 – IT start-up company
MASAHITO YAMADA
Masahito Yamada supports a wide range of business law matters, including the establishment of various companies and corporations, fund-raising, M&A, intra-group restructuring, business reorganisation and business succession, mainly for listed subsidiaries, foreign companies, SMEs and start-ups, and specialises in commercial registration applications in connection with such matters. He is also involved in a number of end-of-life support projects, from measures to be taken before death such as wills and family trusts, to inheritance and estate liquidation procedures.
Profession
Judicial Scrivener (approved for work related to brief court litigation representation.) Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant Associate Turnaround Professional (ATP)
Admissions
Judicial Scrivener (2011) Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant (2022) Associate Turnaround Professional (ATP)(2023)
Membership
Tokyo Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer’s association Tokyo Small and Medium Enterprise management Consultant Association Chuo Branch Turnaround Management Association in Japan
Professional Experience
Education
2004 – School of Education, Waseda University
Publications
Real estate registration and blockchain: the current state of the art – based on advanced cases in Sweden (Monthly Legal Bulletin, No. 560, October 2018). 2018 The Impact of Legal Tech on Judicial Practice (Citizens and the Law No 104), 2017.
Lectures
“Sudden Business Succession” introductory seminar on countermeasures (Tokyo Small and Medium Enterprise management Consultant Association Chuo Branch), 2023. Seminar on New Trends in Legal Tech (Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer’s Associations, Judicial Scriveners’ Research Institute), 2017
Languages
Japanese, English
Other
Financial Services Agency of Japan: registered as International Finance Center, Multilingual Professional Services
https://www.fsa.go.jp/internationalfinancialcenter/en/multilingual-organizations
