
Hiroki SAKURABA
●Career
- Tohoku University, Faculty of Law
- 2009 Japan Federation of Bar Associations Tokyo Bar Association
- 2009 – present Okuno & Partners
- 2014 – present Partner, Okuno & Partners
●Professional Experience
2002 | Assistant Judge |
May 2013 – present | Substitute Auditor, Maruwa Unyu Kikan Co.,Ltd. |
April 2015 – present | Committee Member, Legal System Committee, Tokyo Bar Association |
March 2017 – present | Independent Director, Eureka Co. Ltd |
March 2018 – present | Independent Auditor, Yudensha Co., Ltd. |
April 2019 – March 2022 | Vice-Chair, Legal System Committee, Tokyo Bar Association (Head of Corporate Law Panel) |
January – April 2022 | Committee Member, Special Committee on Making Shin-Keisei Electric Railway Co.,Ltd. a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (Share Exchange) by Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. | April 2022 – March 2023 | Delegate, House of Delegates, Tokyo Bar Association |
●Expertise
Dispute Resolution (Civil / Commercial / Labor, Negotiations, etc.)
Corporate Legal Affairs (Corporate Law, Non-contentious Commercial Cases, Corporate Governance, Compliance, Risk Management and Management of Misconduct and Scandals, Advice on Shareholders’ Meetings, Business Continuity Planning, etc.)
M&A (Corporations, Medical Corporations, Pharmacies, Share Transfers, Company Splits, Business Transfers, etc.)
Finance (Drafting Loan Agreements, Investment Limited Partnership Agreements, etc.)
Business Restructuring / Debt Arrangements (Legal and Voluntary Liquidation Procedures)
Civil Affairs / Family Affairs (Claims for Damages, Debt Collection, Inheritance, Execution of Wills, etc.)
Real Estate Transactions
Legal Affairs for General Incorporated Associations
●Professional Affiliations
Legal System Committee, Tokyo Bar Association |
●Publications
Study Group on Creditors’ Petitions for Legal Liquidation of Japanese Association for Business Recovery, ed. Business Revitalization Research Series 23: Utilization of Creditors’ Petitions. Tokyo: Shojihomu, 2025.
Kaneko, Osamu, et al., eds. 6000 Legal Measures for Financial Institutions. Vol. 5, Collateral. Tokyo: Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, 2022.
Tokyo Bar Association, ed. Q&A Point Arrangement: Amended Companies Act. Tokyo: Koubundou, 2021.
Sakuraba, Hiroki. “Short-term Residence Rights of Spouses (In the Special Feature: ‘A Clear Explanation of Amendments to Inheritance Law’).” Tokyo Bar Association Monthly Magazine LIBRA, May 2019.
Tokyo Bar Association, ed. Amended Inheritance Law Learning from Case Examples. Tokyo: Koubundou, 2019.
Sakuraba, Hiroki. “Electronic Provision of Materials for Shareholders Meetings (In the Special Feature: ‘Status of Consideration of Amendments to the Companies Act’).” Tokyo Bar Association Monthly Magazine LIBRA, December 2018.
Sakuraba, Hiroki. “Termination of Agreement on the Right of Separate Satisfaction and Exercise of Mortgage.” Kinyu Homu Jijo (Financial Law Journal), No. 2036, February 2016.
ABL Practice Study Group, and Okuno & Partners, eds. Guide to ABL Execution: From Loan to Collection. Tokyo: Economic Legal Research Institute, 2015.
Sakuraba, Hiroki. “Points to Consider in Creditor Petitions of Insolvency Proceedings.” Kinyu Homu Jijo (Financial Law Journal), No. 2008, December 2014.
Matsushima, Kazufusa, et al., eds. Financial Institution Practices for Dealing with Bankruptcy and Turnaround from Debtors. Tokyo: Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, 2013.
Sakuraba, Hiroki, et al. “Creditor Petitions and Corporate Reorganization Proceedings in Fraudulent Corporate Divestiture Cases Based on the Tokyo District Court Heisei 22 (Mi) No. 13 and 14 Rulings.” Kinyu Homu Jijo (Financial Law Journal), No. 1915, February 2011.
Study Group on Shares and Corporate Bonds Related Practices, ed. Q&A on Judicial Affairs and Tax Affairs for Shares and Corporate Bonds. Rev. ed. Aichi: Shinnippon Hoki Publishing, 2006.
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