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神保 寛子
神保 寛子

Hiroko JIMBO

  • Partner
  • Tokyo

Hiroko is a partner in our Corporate and M&A practice and has strength in cross-border transactions and alliances. Leveraging the experience serving as a government committee member, she also provides reasonable and practical advice for FDI regulations.

Hiroko Jimbo is advising on various M&A transactions such as acquisitions of private/listed companies, joint ventures, capital/business alliances and technology alliances, and general corporate matters such as support of foreign companies’ entry into Japanese market, with strengths in industries and transactions where technology and intellectual property are important, such as the business integration in the electronics and other manufacturing industries, telecommunication industries, license / franchise business.

She has strong expertise in Japanese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulations and handled numerous FDI filings. Based on the experience of various deals and the experience to work with government, she has unique insight to coordinate complex and difficult transactions that involve FDI elements. She engaged in discussion as a member of council and committees at the Japanese government level on the amendment to Japan’s Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act in 2020 and the implementation thereof. She has also served as an advisor for Council for Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan, Cabinet Office and actively supports the foreign investment promotion.

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Education

2012
Duke University School of Law (LL.M.)
2000
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional Experience

 Advisor for Council for Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
 Working Group Member for Implementation of Critical Strategies for Promoting Direct Investment in Japan, under the Council for Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
Member of the Committee for Reviewing Foreign Investment Control of the Information and Communication Industry, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications  
Working Group Member for Examining Medium and Long-term Strategy, under the Council for Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment in Japan 
Committee Member of the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions of the Ministry of Finance  
Outside Committee Member of the Institutional Review Board of LION, Ltd. 
Morrison & Foerster LLP 
Legal Division., Citigroup Japan Holdings Corp. (former Nikko Citi Holdings Inc.) 
Legal Affairs Division, Toshiba Corporation