Mr.Hirao joined our group in 2016 and currently serves as an Outside Director. He is a partner attorney at Nishimura & Asahi and advises on many cases in relation with corporate crisis management and litigation. In addition to the cases which require emergency responses, he advised many companies to build effective whistle blowing systems and anti-bribery compliance programs, and has assisted with due diligence procedures from the compliance perspective. Previously, he was a public prosecutor with various experiences such as criminal investigations, trial, and drafting governmental policy for criminal affairs etc..
Mr.Hirao is an admitted attorney of Japan (2011)
Mr. Hirao received an LL.M. from University of Illinois Collage of Law and a LL.B. from the University of Tokyo.