Mizue Kakiuchi

Partner at Chuo Sogo Law Office P.C.; former vice-president at Osaka Bar Association (2015 - 2016); worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago (2005 - 2006); Adjunct Professor at Kyoto University Law School (2008 - 2012); Outside Director at three listed companies (Nakayama Steel Works; Arakawa Chemical Industries; Asaka Industrial)

Registered Foreign Attorney in Japan, Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi

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2004 Keio University (LLB) 2006 Sophia (Jochi) University Law School (J.D) 2007 Tokyo Bar Association 2014 Queen Mary College, University of London (Diploma in Intellectual Property Law) 2015 University of Pennsylvania Law School (LL.M) 2022 Fukuoka Bar Association

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Partner at Chuo Sogo Law Office; visiting professor, Kyoto University Law School; visiting attorney at Apex Juris Advocates & Legal Consultants (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) (Oct. 2015 - Nov. 2016)

Partner at Chuo Sogo LPC. He was on loan to the Financial Services Agency (FSA) from 2016 to 2018, where he engaged himself in supervisory duties related to the compliance of financial institutions, primarily focusing on AML/CFT, as well as in inspection and supervision of cryptocurrency exchange operators. He has been an External Auditor at Caulis Inc., a business listed on the Growth Market section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, since 2022. Education: Kyoto University Law School (graduated 2010)