PartnerKaoru Matsuzawa
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, 2002
admitted in New York, 2009
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
Contact Information
TEL +81-3-6270-3506
FAX +81-3-6270-3501
Languages
Japanese, English
Offices
Otemachi
Background
Keio University (LL.B., 2001)
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (2002 - 2017)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2008)
Research Section Director, General Affairs and Investigation Department, Secretariat Division of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (2011 - 2012)
Adviser for the governance reinforcement of the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), Pension Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2014 - 2015)
Member of the Research Ethics Committee of School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (2015 - present)
Lecturer at Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business (2016 - present)
Member of Tokyo Future Vision Conference (2017)
Policy Advisor for the Board of Education, Shibuya Ward (2017 - 2019)
Matsuzawa Kaoru Law Office (2017 - 2018)
Adjunct Fellow, Health and Global Policy Institute (2018 - 2023)
Co-Chair, Japan Chapter of Harvard Law School Women's Alliance (2018 - present)
Public Relations Committee member, Japan-North America Medical Exchange Foundation (2019 - 2021)
Member of the Board of Education, Shibuya Ward (2019 - 2023)
Member of the Research Ethics Committee, Specified Nonprofit Corporation Japan Institute for Advancement of Medical Education Program (2019 - present)
Auditor, Information Technology Federation of Japan (2019 - present)
Non-executive Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc. (2020 - 2023)
Member of the Simulation Experts Committee to Utilize AI and Other Technologies for Realizing the Smart Life, Cabinet Secretariat (2020 - 2021)
Outside Auditor, Sight Visit Inc. (2020 - 2021)
Audit and Supervisory Committee External Director, MedicalNote, Inc. (2020 - 2023)
Expert adviser in the "Social Implementation Project for Health Care Services FY2021" for guidelines of telehealth medical consultation (2021 - 2022)
Statutory Auditor, ANDPAD Inc. (2022 - 2023)
External Director, PLAID, Inc. (2022 - present)
Advisory, ME Campus, MetaLab, Inc. (2022 - present)
Advisor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2023)
Electricity Rate Advisor, Consumer Affairs Agency, Government of Japan (2023 - 2024)
Member of the Inspection and Evaluation External Evaluation Committee, Keio University (2023 - present)
Executive Director (Governance Innovation), Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2023)
Auditor, Health and Global Policy Institute (2023 - present)
Deputy Mayor of Shibuya Ward (2023 - present)
Joint Management Council External Committee Member, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (2023 - 2024)
Board Member, Mentor Mitakai (2024 - present)
Practice Areas
- Acquisitions
- Group Restructuring
- Business Succession
- Corporate Governance and Commercial Disputes
- Startup Practice (Supporting Venture Enterprise)
- Medical and Healthcare
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Government Relations
- General Corporate Practice
News
2024.04.18 |
The Best Lawyers - 2025 edition
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2023.04.20 |
The Best Lawyers - 2024 edition
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2022.04.14 |
The Best Lawyers - 2023 edition
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2021.08.25 |
Few Women Ascend Japan’s Corporate Ladder. Is Change Finally Coming?
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2021.04.15 |
The Best Lawyers - 2022 edition
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2020.04.10 |
The Best Lawyers - 2021 edition
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