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Shinichiro Abe

Shinichiro Abe

As a pioneer in the practice of Japanese restructuring/insolvency law, Shinichiro Abe has extensive experience with domestic and crossborder matters in this field. Mr. Abe is renown as an advisor on business restructurings and reorganizations, including distressed M&A. His practice also includes litigation, arbitration, M&A, anti-trust, compliance and general corporate. Some of Mr. Abe’s recent matters of note include: representing a medical corporation in connection with a petition for civil rehabilitation; serving as an external Audit & Supervisory Board Member of a publicly traded nursing/medical care facility; and serving on arbitration panels for various disputes. Apart from client work, Mr. Abe is also the author of numerous publications and is frequently a speaker at seminars as well as international conferences and other events. Mr. Abe is also a visiting professor at Chuo Law School teaching restructuring law and at Kokushikan Graduate School of Law teaching company law.

Mr. Abe’s memberships and affiliations include:
The East Asian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring, Japan Branch Head; Japan Institute for International Arbitration Research and Training (JIIART), Chairman; Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals, board member; Japanese Federation of Insolvency Professionals, board member; Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee Vice-Chair; Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Insolvency Committee former Chair; International Insolvency Institute (III), Regional Committee Asia former Chair; Japanese American Society for Legal Studies member; Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure, member; Association of the Law of Finance, member; American Bar Association, member; and American Bankruptcy Institute, member.

[ Bar Admissions ] Japan, 1994

[ Education ] Waseda Graduate School of Law (LL.M, 1989 ); UCLA School of Law (LL.M., 2001)

[ Languages ] Japanese, English

Publications

  • English Dissecting Arbitration and Bankruptcy Decisions From Common Law Jurisdictions (England, BVI and Hong Kong)
    Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal, VOL. 73. No. 1, January 2026.
  • English Speedy Business Restructuring Practice – Combining Turnaround ADR with Civil Rehabilitation
    Chuo Law Journal, VOL. 20, No. 4, p. 19, March 2024.
  • News Shinichiro-Abe is selected as a Consultation group expert for Guide on Conducting an Out-of-court Workout in Asia
    Asian Business Law Institute and International Insolvency Institute (March 2023)
  • 外国論文 Co-author of the Japan jurisdiction chapter in Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency in Asia 2020
    Asian Business Law Institute and International Insolvency Institute(Apr 2022)
  • News Shinichiro-Abe is selected as a Consultation group expert for Guide on the Treatment of Insolvent Micro and Small Enterprises in Asia
    Asian Business Law Institute and International Insolvency Institute(May 2022)
  • English “Japan” section in CDR(Commercial Dispute Resolution)
    Global Legal Group (2021), co-author
  • English International Arbitration in Japanese Bankruptcy Cases
    "Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal VOL.2" (JCAA,2021)
  • News Shinichiro Abe was involved in the Court of Arbitration for Sport(“CAS”) as a legal counsel in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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