Background
Shimojo, Masahiro was born in 1944.
Shimojo, Masahiro was born in 1944.
The University of Tokyo (Bachelor of Laws, 1966). Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. Graduate study, University of Michigan Law School (Master of Comparative Law, 1980).
Worked at Nishimura & Partners (Tokyo) specializing in General and International Law Practice, including Corporations, Commercial Transactions, Securities, Banking, Taxation, Administrative, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Real Estate and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Japan. 1982, California (inactive).
With Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunny, Los Angeles, 1980-1984.
Author: "Japan"s New Banking Law: Securities Business by Banks," 1 University of California, Los Angeles Pac. Basin Lord Justice 83 (1982).
Company-Author: "Regulation of Financial Futures and Traded Options in Japan," The Capital Guide to Financial Futures and Traded Options in Asia, The International Securities Institute, 1996. "Japan," A Capital Guide to Custodial Services in Asia, The International Securities Institute, 1996.
Nishimura & Partners, located in central Tokyo, is one of the largest full service law firms in Japan.
The firm provides comprehensive legal services tailored to the needs of its domestic, foreign and multinational clients including corporations, financial institutions, insurance concerns, high technology, manufacturing, trading and service companies, airlines, news media, entertainment organizations, and Japanese and foreign governments and government related entities.