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Kotaro Matsuo / 松尾幸太郎

Phone: 03-6550-8247
FAX 03-6550-8248

Graduated from Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University
Passed the National Bar Examination (60th term) in 2005
Registered as an attorney (Fukuoka Bar Association) in 2007
Joined Tokunaga, Matsuzaki & Saito in 2007
2009: Transferred registration to the Tokyo Bar Association
Joined Yoroku Law Office in 2009
Joined Minato Kyowa Law Office, Junior Partner, 2012
Certified as an organization to support business innovation, etc., 2014
Public Relations, Insolvency Law Department, Tokyo Bar Association, 2008
Partner, Sakuragawa Kyowa Law Office (2022)
2023 Deputy Secretary General, Insolvency Law Department, Tokyo Bar Association

Representation of debtors in voluntary liquidation proceedings (cosmetics wholesaler, shopping center operator, classroom operator, etc.)
(cosmetics wholesaler, shopping center operator, classroom operator, etc.)
Assistants in Turnaround ADR proceedings (precision equipment manufacturer)
(Precision equipment manufacturer)
Expert advisor in proceedings before the Turnaround Initiative Council for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Turnaround Initiative Council for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
(Clothing manufacturing and sales company, machine tool manufacturing company)
Agent for a target company in proceedings before the Turnaround Initiative Council for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (testing machine manufacturer, publishing company, etc.)
(testing equipment manufacturer, publishing company, telecommunications equipment manufacturer, etc.)
Expert advisor in REVIC rehabilitation support proceedings
(sake brewing company, food manufacturing company)
Representative of target company in REVIC specific support proceedings
(telecommunications equipment manufacturer, hotel, etc.)
Management’s representative and support specialist in management guarantee guideline proceedings

Ogawa Kensetsu K.K. Filing agent
Kouritsu Kasei Corporation and one other company Filing agent
Ogawa Techno Corporation Filing agent and rehabilitation trustee’s representative
Sunhit Corporation Filing agent and rehabilitation trustee representative
Tokyo Yamaki Corporation, proxy for petition
Readea Corporation Filing agent
Filing agent for pledging: pledging agent for pledging: pledging agent for pledging: pledging agent for pledging
In addition, counsel for sponsors, advisor for creditors, assistant to supervisors

Representative of trustee for reorganization, Fujisawa Electric Works Ltd.
Kinmasha Corporation Assistant to the provisional administrator
Takoya Confectionery Company Ltd. and one other company Assistant to the administrator for reorganization
Ohara Shoten, Ltd.
Other creditors’ representatives

Counsel for Kato Construction Co.
Japan Map Kyohan Co., Ltd. and one other company Petitioning agent
Hand Capital Associates Japan K.K. Assistant to the trustee in bankruptcy
PALACTIVE Corporation, acting for the trustee in bankruptcy
Ishiyama Gateway Holdings K.K. and 3 other companies, proxy for trustee in bankruptcy
Groir Briere Tokyo K.K. and one other company, acting as trustee in bankruptcy
Ltd. and one other company, acting trustee in bankruptcy
Other trustees and substitutes in bankruptcy, petitioners’ representatives, sponsors’ representatives, creditors’ advisors

Business transfers, corporate divestitures, stock transfers, and other business succession and M&A transactions

Attorney-at-Law for the Steering Committee of the Guidelines for Private Arrangements for Individuals (2012)
Secretary and contract attorney for the Steering Committee of the Guidelines for Private Arrangements for Individuals (2014)
Member of Study Group on Guidelines for Debt Consolidation for Victims of Natural Disasters (current position) (2015)

120 Practical Questions and Answers on Corporate Reorganization”, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (Editor), 2013
Annotated Bankruptcy Law (Upper and Lower Paragraphs),” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (Editor), 2015
Normal Rehabilitation Practice Q&A 150 Questions,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (Editor), 2021

Practical Q&A on Corporate Reorganization: 120 Questions,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author), 2013
150 Issues for Consideration in the Amendment of the Bankruptcy Law,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author), 2014 (in Japanese)
Bankruptcy Petition Manual (2nd Edition),” Shojihomu (co-author), 2015
Annotated Bankruptcy Law (First and Second Edition),” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author), 2015 (in Japanese)
Private Liquidation Practice Q&A 140 Questions,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author), 2016 (in Japanese)
Manual for Filing, Investigation, Determination, Payment and Distribution of Bankruptcy Claims,” Sankyo Hoki Publishing (co-author), 2009
Bankruptcy Practice Q&A 220 Questions,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author), 2028
Normal Rehabilitation Practice Q&A 150 Questions,” Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author), 2021
A Brief Article-by-Article Guide to the Act on Special Conciliation,” Civil Law Institute (Co-author), 2021

Handling of Bankruptcy Cases of Listed Companies with Misstatements in Securities Reports, etc.,” Legal Practice Study No. 33, Tokyo Bar Association, 2008 (co-author)
Debt Management and Collection Practice Q&A 166 Questions [2019 Edition]” (Business Reconstruction and Debt Management No. 165, 2022, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs (co-author))
Window Dressing and Business Rehabilitation” (Gyosei (co-author), Monthly Taxation, February 2020 issue)
Interim Summary II for the Computerization of Insolvency Proceedings” (Study Group for the Computerization of Insolvency Proceedings, 2021, Turnaround Research Institute of Japan (Co-author))

Tokyo Bar Association

Kotaro Matsuo / 松尾 幸太郎