last updated on April 19, 2004

     Kenichi OSUGI
        Japanese Citizen

        Professor of Corporate Law, Securities Regulation
        Chuo Law School

Degree
    LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws), Tokyo University in 1990

Career
    From April, 2004, the current position
    October, 1993-  March 2004, Associate Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Law
         meanwhile from July, 1997 to May 1999
                          Visiting Fellow at Columbia Law School
    April, 1990- September, 1993  Research Associate
                          at Tokyo University, Fac. Law

Fields of Interests
    Corporate Law
    Securities Regulation
    Regulation of Banking and other Financial Intermediaries
    Financial Economics
          (Financial Markets, Financial Contracts  etc.)
       and its application to matters such as Venture Businesses, Bankruptcy etc.
    Law and Economics,

Theses in English and Korean
    "Americanisation of Stock Corporation Laws Around the World,
    and Shareholders�EDerivative Suits as a Forgotten Element Therein:
    A Caveat to Discussions on the Convergence of Corporate Laws"

      in: 'An Anthology Commemorating Retiring Prof. Dr. WOO HON GU :
        Perspective of Korean Commercial Law in the 21st Century (Seoul, South Korea May 2002)
     * Also available in: Zeitschrift fuer Japanisches Recht, Heft 13 (7. Jahrgang 2002) S. 29-54.

    How should we Enforce Minority Shareholders' Rights in Russia ?
    -- Overhauling the Self-Enforcing Model of Corporate Law in Transition Economies
    (working paper available at: http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,2340,en_2649_37439_2397774_1_1_1_37439,00.html )
     or click here

    On "Corporate Governance Principles : Japanese View" (in Korean)
    Journal of Comparative Private Law (Korea) Vol. 6 No. 2 (1999): p. 137- 154
    (translated by Professor Kwon Jong Ho)

Presentations in Academic Conferences
     "Protecting Minority Shareholders During Shifts in Corporate Control" (in English)
     -at the Fourth Meeting of the OECD/ World Bank Corporate Governance Roudtable for Asia,
      in Mumbai, India, November 12, 2002.
      paper and presentation files available at: http://www.oecd.org/document/42/0,2340,en_2649_37439_2485034_1_1_1_37439,00.html
      or click here

    "Enforcement of Minority Shareholders' Rights in Privatized Russia"
     (in English with simultaneous translation to Russian)
     -at the Second Meeting of the OECD/ World Bank Corporate Governance Roudtable for Russia,
      in Moscow, February 24, 2000.

    "On the 'Japanese Corporate Governance Principles' "
     (in Japanese with simultaneous translation to Korean)
     -at the 21st meeting of Korean Association of Comparative Private Law in Seoul, on October 9, 1999.

    "On the Structure of Law of Corporate Finance" (in Japanese)
     -at the 60th meeting of Japan Association of Private Law in Tokyo, on October 12, 1996.
 

please write to: k-osugi[at-mark]tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp
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