PROFESSIONALS

External
Non-Full Time
Advisor

SHINICHI TAKAHASHI

※Shinichi Takahashi does not provide legal service at our firm, but provides advice to our firm as an external advisor from the perspective of firm management, utilizing the experience and knowledge as a long-time partner at a major Japanese law firm.

Career
Qualifications
1984 Admitted in Japan
1991 Admitted in New York
Education
1990 Columbia University Law School (LL.M.)
1982 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
 
Specialized Areas of Expertise
 
Main Professional Experience

・Outside Corporate Auditor, Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited (formerly, IBJ Leasing Company, Limited) (2017-2021)
・Liquidator, Daihyaku Mutual Life Insurance Company (2001-2007)
・Outside Corporate Auditor, Lloyd's Japan Inc. (1997-2009)
・Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York (1990-1991)

 
Major Works

・Research Handbook on International Insurance Law & Regulation - 2nd Edition (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023)
・The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review - Eleventh Edition: Japan Chapter (Law Business Research, 2023)
・Practical Law Global Guide 2021/22: Insurance and Reinsurance - Japan Chapter (Thomson Reuters, 2021)
・Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2016/17 Insurance and Reinsurance: Japan Chapter (Thomson Reuters, 2016)
・Asia Insurance Review: Deregulation of transfer of insurance policies (Ins Communications Pte Ltd, 2014)

 
Major Awards

・Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 (2022)
・Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 (2021)
・Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021 (2020)
・Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020 (2019)
・Expert Guides 2019 (2019)
・Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 (2018)
・Expert Guides 2018 (2018)
・The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 (2017)
・Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 (2017)
・The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 (2016)
・Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016 (2016)
・The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 (2015)
・Asialaw Profiles 2016 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Domestic Law Firms (2015)
・Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2014 (2014)

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