Yanagida Naoki

Partner

Practice Areas:

  • Corporate

  • Business Succession

  • Financial Law

  • Crisis Management

  • Dispute Resolution

  • Human Resources & Labor

  • Instruments and Exchange Act

  • Compliance

  • Cross-border transactions

Languages:

  • Japanese

  • English

Careers

  • 1978

    Toyama Prefectural Uozu High School

  • 1985

    Waseda University, Faculty of Law

  • 1987

    Admitted to the Bar (Tokyo Bar Association)

  • 1995

    Harvard Law School(LL.M.)

  • 2004

    Outside Auditor, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

  • 2014-2019

    Outside Auditor, SOMPO Japan Nipponkoa Holdings, Inc. (currently SOMPO Holdings, Inc.)

  • 2014-2016

    Outside Auditor, Alpine Co., Ltd.

  • 2016-2019

    Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Alpine Co., Ltd.

  • 2016-2024

    Outside Auditor, YKK Corporation,

  • 2019-2023

    Outside Director, SOMPO Holdings, Inc.

  • 2019-2026

    Outside Director, Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co., Ltd.

  • 2019-Present

    Auditor, Waseda University

Publications

  • Annotated Financial Instruments and Exchange Act [Revised Edition], Volume 2 (co-authored), Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs

    2022

  • Annotated Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Volume 2 (co-authored), Financial and Fiscal Affairs Research Institute

    2009

  • 54 Key Points of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (co-authored), Diamond Inc.

    2006

  • IR-Style Shareholders' Meetings: Principles and Practice (co-authored), Shojihomu

    2004

  • Revised Edition: Article-by-Article Commentary on the Securities Exchange Act (co-authored), Shojihomu

    2002

  • "Corporate Governance in Holding Companies: How to Control and Manage Subsidiaries" Monthly Director's Legal Affairs (June 25, 1999 issue), Shojihomu

    1999

Seminar

  • "Legal Training for Directors and Executive Officers" Client-Oriented In-House Seminar "Compliance Training" Internal Seminar for Clients (Internal Management Officers)

    2025

  • "Compliance Training" Internal Seminar for Clients (Internal Management Officers)

    2025

  • "Compliance Training" Internal Seminar for Clients

    2023

  • "Checklist for Distributor Agreements and Similar Contracts" Client-Oriented In-House Seminar

    2017

  • "Corporate Governance and Directors" Internal Seminar for Clients

    2016

  • "Practical Management of IR-Oriented General Meetings" Client-Oriented In-House Seminar

    2013

  • "Insider Trading Regulations: Using the Murakami Fund Case as a Case Study" In-house Seminar for Clients

    2011

  • "Antitrust Law Seminar" In-house Seminar for Clients

    2010