ISS: Research Staff: TANAKA, Wataru

Institute of Social Science The University of Tokyo

the University of Tokyo

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TANAKA, Wataru

Division Department of Comparative Contemporary Law 　
Research Fields Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Law and Economics
E-mail

twataruiss.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Homepage

https://researchmap.jp/read0190993?lang=en

Teaching and Research Appointments

September 2007-March 2015 Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
January 2010 -March 2010 Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Chicago Law School
April 2015 - Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo

Topics of Research

1Duty and liability of corporate directors

2Mergers and acquisitions, especially hostile takeovers and going-private transactions

3Economic analysis of law

4Research on Methods of Legal Analysis

Selected Publications

  • “Extinguishing Security Interests: Secured Claims in Japanese Business Reorganization Law and Some Policy Implications for U.S. Law”, Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal, 22(2), pp.427-479, 2006.
  • “Corporate Law” (in Japanese)(co-authored with Yasushi Ito, Kenichi Osugi and Hideyuki Matsui, 2nd ed., Yuhikaku, 2011).
  • “Going-private and the Role of Courts: A Comparison of Delaware and Japan,” UT Soft Law Review, No.3, pp.12-23, Mar 2011.
  • “Numerical Analysis of Corporate Law” (in Japanese)(edition, Yuhikaku, 2013).
  • “Corporate Takeovers and Defenses” (in Japanese)(Shoji-homu, 2012).
  • “Corporate Law (3rd ed)”, University of Tokyo Press, March, 2021.
  • Wataru Tanaka ed., “Numerical Analysis of Corporate Law”, 2nd ed., Yuhikaku, 2021 (in Japanese)
  • Kazunori Suzuki and Wataru Tanaka, eds., “Theories and Practices of Corporate Valuation”, Nihon Keizai Shuppan, 2021 (in Japanese)
  • Wataru Tanaka, "Corporate Law" (4th ed), University of Tokyo Press, March 2023 (in Japanese)
  • Tanaka, Wataru, and Masaki Iwasaki, "Homogeneity and Heterogeneity in How Institutional Investors Perceive Corporate and Securities Regulations," European Business Organization Law Review (First online published Jan.16, 2023)
  • Goto, Gen and Gordon, Jeffrey N. and Hoshi, Akio and Iida, Hidefusa and Matsunaka, Manabu and Milhaupt, Curtis J. and Iwakura, Masakazu and Shishido, Zenichi and Tanaka, Wataru and Tokutsu, Akira, Poison Pill: Still Relevant After All These Years (March 20, 2024). Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper Forthcoming, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4766870  or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4766870
  • Wataru TANAKA, Analytical Methods for Commercial Law (The University of Tokyo Press, April 2024)(in Japanese)

Educational Activities

Graduate Schools of Law and Politics,The University of Tokyo Law and Economics
Graduate Schools of Law and Politics,The University of Tokyo Commercial Law Seminar
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