Kokura Sogo and other insolvency trustee cases
The Sogo Group was one of Japan’s leading department stores until it went bankrupt in July 2000. Hideki Matsushima of this office, who was a supervisory committee member for civil rehabilitation proceedings at Sogo Group companies, served as a bankruptcy trustee for Kokura Sogo, and other companies that had not received approval for rehabilitation, and commenced bankruptcy proceedings (which were initiated in each store). As a trustee, he also acted as a trustee-in-charge of the local economy in which each store was located.
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He has an extensive track record representing clients in over 80 corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy cases to date, playing an instrumental role in communicating with financial institutions on M&A, financing, and private liquidations from a multifaceted perspective. He is also known for his expertise in business succession cases involving a wide range of competing interests, such as drafting family charters, and handling litigation, leveraging his insights into industry conditions and economic circumstances surrounding his clients.
Since becoming an attorney-at-law, I have been consistently engaged in bankruptcy and business revitalization practices. In legal arrangements, I have not only fulfilled the duties of a trustee, supervisor, etc., and been involved as a debtor's agent, but have also provided advice to creditors and sponsors that makes full use of such experience. Beyond legal liquidation, I have a reputation for taking the lead in restructuring in the early stages of the process, as well as Out of Court Informal Workouts. In recent years, I have also expanded my sphere of activity into the field of sports practice.