International Symposium on Comparative Company Law and Capital Markets Law, “Toward Establishment of Appropriate Identification System of Beneficial Shareholders in Japan: Insights from Comparative Study of European Laws” December 11 (Thu)

International Symposium on Comparative Company Law and Capital Markets Law, “Toward Establishment of Appropriate Identification System of Beneficial Shareholders in Japan: Insights from Comparative Study of European Laws”

• Host: Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University
• Co-host: TAKARA D&IR Research Institute Ltd, Tokyo Commercial Law Research Association, Faculty of Law/Law School, Waseda University
• Date and Time: December 11 (Thu)  , 2025 10:00～18:00
• Venue: Waseda University Ono Auditorium
• Language: Japanese/English
• Speaker Name, Affiliation, Title：
  Professor Dr. Lorraine Talbot and Associate Professor Dr. Andreas
  Kokkinis, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
  Izumi Kawashima, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences
  Professor Dr. Caroline Coupet, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
  Mai Ishikawa (Ph.D in Law), Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University
  Lecturer Dr. Davide Luigi Totaro, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
  Hiroyuki Bando (Ph.D. in Law), Professor, Faculty of Law, Nagoya Gakuin University
  Professor Dr. Katja Langenbucher, House of Finance, Goethe UniversityFrankfurt am Main
  Yuki Naito (Ph.D. in Law), Associate Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University
• Caretaker: Nobuo Nakamura (Professor, Waseda University/ICL Research Staff)

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Programme:
Morning Session:10:00 – 12:00
Opening Remarks and Introduction to the Symposium: Nobuo Nakamura, Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University

Part I: Keynote Speech
(1) 10:10 -11:00: Professor Dr. Lorraine Talbot and Associate Professor Dr. Andreas
Kokkinis, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
(2) 11:10 -12:00: Izumi Kawashima, Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences

≪Lunch Break≫12:00 – 13:30

Afternoon Session: 13:30 – 18:00

Part II： Individual Presentations
First Presentation (13:30 – 14:30)
Presenter： Professor Dr. Caroline Coupet, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
Discussant： Mai Ishikawa (Ph.D in Law), Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Tohoku University

Second Presentation (14：40－15：40)
Presenter： Lecturer Dr. Davide Luigi Totaro, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
Discussant： Hiroyuki Bando (Ph.D. in Law), Professor, Faculty of Law, Nagoya Gakuin University

《Break》 15：40－16：00

Third Presentation (16：00－17：00)
Presenter： Professor Dr. Katja Langenbucher, House of Finance, Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main
Discussant： Yuki Naito (Ph.D. in Law), Associate Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University

《Break》 17：00－17：15

Part III： Panel Discussion (17：15－18：00)
Moderator： Nobuo Nakamura, Professor, Waseda University
Panelists： Professor Dr. Lorraine Talbot, University of Birmingham
Associate Professor Dr. Andreas Kokkinis, University of Birmingham
Professor Dr. Caroline Coupet, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University
Professor Dr. Katja Langenbucher, Goethe University Frankfurt am
Main
Lecturer Dr. Davide L. Totaro, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
Izumi Kawashima, Professor, Waseda University
Hiroyuki Bando, Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University
Mai Ishikawa, Associate Professor, Tohoku University
Yuki Naito, Associate Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University

Closing Remarks: Izumi Kawashima, Professor, Waseda University