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小野 傑
小野 傑

Masaru ONO

  • Advisor
  • Tokyo

Strength in creating new structures in the financial and capital markets, and in strategic advice that is not bound by legal framework against potential conflicts and crises in corporations. 

Masaru Ono is a Former Representative Partner, and has been working to open up and develop new finance areas, such as by laying the groundwork for the introduction of securitization in Japan.  Outside the finance sector, he also provides strategic advice on corporate crisis management, international disputes, and new projects that require the expertise and organizational strength of his practice groups, as well as on strategies that are not necessarily covered by conventional practices, precedents, or legal interpretations.  

By acting as a bridge between the practical, academic, educational, and legislative fields, he played a major role in publishing the “CORPUS JURIS FINANCE” and establishing securitization in Japan.  He also was called upon to provide his expert opinion as a witness before the Diet of Japan on the Trust Law and the Special Law on the Assignment of Claims.  In addition, he has participated in the Legislative Council, Financial Council, etc., has lectured at Hitotsubashi University Law School, and has acted as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo for more than a decade. "

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Publications

Education

1982
The University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.)
1976
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

External Advisor, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Prestige International Inc.
Independent statutory auditor, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Trustee, Japan Association of Corporate Executives
Independent director, DAIDO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Independent director, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Independent director, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Independent statutory auditor, The Higashi-Nippon Bank, Ltd
Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics 
Visiting Professor, Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law and Politics (IBC), Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo 
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo 
Independent statutory auditor, Resona Bank, Ltd.
Independent statutory auditor, The Daiwa Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.(Later Resona Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)
Expert Advisor on the proposed Perfection Law, Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives 
Lecturer, Kyoto University Law School 
Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University School of Law 
Visiting Professor, Waseda Law School  
Lecturer, Graduate School of Law, Waseda University 
Expert Advisor on the proposed Perfection Law, Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors 
Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon, New York 
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles