Apr. 1995: Registered as attorney-at-law (Daini Tokyo Bar Association). Jun. 1999: Co-founded Sudo & Takai Law Office; Joint Partner. Sep. 2011: Special Committee Member, Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Committee (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) (current). May 2014: Secretary-General, Japan Federation of Bar Associations SME Legal Support Center. May 2015: Director, National Insolvency Practitioners Network (current). Jul. 2015: Committee Member, Study Group on Evaluation Policy for Business Succession Support Projects (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan). Apr. 2016: Committee Member, Study Group on Business Revitalization Centered on Business Succession (Small and Medium Enterprise Agency). Jun. 2016: Founded Takai Sogo Law Office; Representative (current). Jun. 2016: Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current). Jun. 2016: Advisory Board Member, National Business Succession Support Headquarters (Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan) (current). Nov. 2016: Temporary Committee Member, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Council (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). Nov. 2016: Member, Economic Legislation Specialist Committee (Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry) (current). Jun. 2017: Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NEW ART Co., Ltd. (now NEW ART HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.) (current). Nov. 2020: Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Kojima Co., Ltd. (current). Feb. 2021: Outside Director of Noda Co., Ltd. (current). Dec. 2021: Supervisory Director of Daiwa Securities Living Investment Corporation (current). Apr. 2022: Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University. Apr. 2024: Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University (current).
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