Masahito Monguchi
Masahito Monguchi

Of Counsel/Advisor

Tokyo
Key Practice Areas
Corporate
Finance and Financial Institutions
Dispute Resolution
Restructuring/Insolvency and Bankruptcy
TEL:81-3-6775-1238
/FAX:81-3-6775-2238
Masatsugu Nakajima has a wide range of experience in corporate and securities law and tax law. He has undertaken a wide range of tax work relating to stamp duty, income tax, corporate tax, inheritance tax and consumption tax (inluding liquor tax). His corporate and securities experience includes takeovers, mergers and acquisitions (public and private), capital raisings, recapitalisations, private equity and venture capital, joint ventures and alliances, corporate structuring and governance and establishing a business practice in Japan. Since he was seconded on a full time basis to the M&A advisory department of one of the leading Japanese securities firms, he has been playing important roles in a number of public deals.
CAREER
Mar 1964
Koyo Gakuin High School
Jun 1969
The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
1971 - 1984
The Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo and Sapporo District Courts and the Personnel Bureau of General Secretariat of the Supreme Court
1984
Judicial Research Official of the Supreme Court
1989
Counsellor of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
1994 - 1995
Judge of the Tokyo High Court
1995 - 2002
Division-head Judge of the Tokyo District Court and the Deputy Chief Judge of the Tokyo District Court (in charge of civil divisions)
2002 - 2003
Chief Judge of the Shizuoka District Court
2003 - 2007
Division-head Judge of the Tokyo High Court
2007 - 2009
Chief Judge of the Tokyo Family Court
2009 - 2010
President of the Nagoya High Court (age-limit retirement: December 31, 2010)
Apr 2011 - Mar 2017
Specially Appointed Professor, Meiji University, Graduate School of Law
Apr 2012 - Present
Auditor at New Kansai International Airport Company, Ltd.
2013 - 2016
Member of Inspection committee at The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Apr 2014 - Mar 2023
Board of trustees of Showa Women’s University
Jun 2016 - Jun 2024
Director, Chairman of the Audit and Supervisory Committee at MUFG Bank, Ltd.
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (2011)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
French
Masahito Monguchi
Masahito Monguchi
TEL:81-3-6775-1238
/FAX:81-3-6775-2238
Corporate
Finance and Financial Institutions
Dispute Resolution
Restructuring/Insolvency and Bankruptcy