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- Katsumi Yamamoto joins Nishimura & Asahi
During my 39 years of teaching and research at the Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law of Kyoto University, I was involved in teaching and researching civil procedural law, including bankruptcy law, and served as secretary and temporary member of numerous committees of the Legislative Council in the field of civil procedural law and adjacent areas, and participated in legislative work. Since April 2023, I have been a professor at Otemon Gakuin University. As an advisor at N&A, I hope to contribute to the legal services of the firm, mainly in the field of civil procedural law, by drawing on my wide-ranging legal experience.
During my studies at Kyoto University Faculty of Law, I passed the bar exam and then went on to complete my legal apprenticeship at the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Ministry of Justice (36th term). Immediately after completing my legal training and being admitted to the bar, I joined the Faculty of Law of Kyoto University, where I subsequently served as an assistant professor and then professor for 39 years, teaching and researching civil procedural law, including bankruptcy law. During my tenure, I was also involved in the administration and management of the university, serving as Dean of the Faculty of Law, Dean of the Graduate School of Law, and Vice President (in charge of Legal Affairs and Compliance). In March 2023, I retired from Kyoto University, and in April of the same year, became a professor at the newly established Faculty of Law of Otemon Gakuin University. At the same time, as secretary and temporary member of various subcommittees of the Legislative Council and secretary and member of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and Regulations, I had the opportunity to be involved in drafting various laws and related Supreme Court rules, including the Civil Procedure Law, Civil Execution Law, Civil Preservation Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rehabilitation Law, Corporate Rehabilitation Law, Corporate Law (Special Liquidation), and Civil Law (Inheritance Law). In addition, I served the national and local governments as a member of the Judicial Examination Review Committee, a member of the Access to Justice Study Group of the Headquarters for Justice System Reform, Chairman of the Kyoto Prefectural Council on Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection, Chairman of the Kyoto City Consumer Affairs Council, and as a member of the Kyoto Family Court Domestic Relations Mediation Committee. With this experience, I hope to contribute to the legal services provided by the firm, mainly focusing on civil procedural law.
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Education
- 1982
- The University of Kyoto (LL.B.)
Professional Experience
- Emeritus Professor, University of Kyoto
- Professor, Otemon Gakuin University Faculty of Law
- Chairman, Kyoto Prefecture Disclosure of Information and Personal Information Protection Council
- Member, Supreme Court Making Civil Rule Advisory
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Civil Procedure Law in Japan
- Vice President, University of Kyoto (Law and Compliance Officer)
- Chairperson, Graduate School of Law, University of Kyoto Law School and University of Kyoto Faculty of Law
- Assistant Director, University of Kyoto
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, Procedures for Civil Execution, Civil Security, Bankruptcy, and Domestic Affairs of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, Civil Procedure Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, Civil Execution Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, Civil Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, International Jurisdiction Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, Hague Convention Same Council of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Temporary Member of the Subcommittee, International Jurisdiction Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Councilor of Education Research and Chairperson of Kyoto Law School
- Member of Second Bar Examination Examiners (Old Examinations and New Examinations)
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Supreme Court Making Civil Rule Advisory
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Civil Procedure Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Criminal Law (Related to Victims of Crime) of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Civil Litigation and Civil Execution Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Civil and Personal Status Litigation Act of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Bankruptcy Law of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Chairman of the Subcommittee, Civil Procedure of Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
- Professor, University of Kyoto Law School
- Associate Professor, University of Kyoto Law School and University of Kyoto Faculty of Law
- Visiting Researcher of University of Regensburg as a scholarship student under the Humboldt Foundation
- Associate Professor, University of Kyoto Faculty of Law
- Research Assistant, University of Kyoto Faculty of Law