A. Reid MONROE-SHERIDAN

Professor of Keio University Law School
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A. Reid Monroe-Sheridan has been a Professor at Keio University Law School since April 2025 and was an Associate Professor from April 2020 through March 2025 and an Assistant Professor from April 2016 through March 2020. His courses cover startup and venture capital law, international capital markets transactions, cross-border agreements, and United States business law. Professor Monroe-Sheridan's research has primarily focused on legal innovation in Japan's startup ecosystem and comparative corporate governance.

Professor Monroe-Sheridan is a registered foreign lawyer in Japan and a partner at southgate. Prior to joining southgate, he worked for approximately 10 years as an independent registered foreign lawyer in Tokyo. He began his career at the New York and Tokyo offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

Professor Monroe-Sheridan holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Japanese Literature from Carleton College and is a graduate of the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama. He is fluent in Japanese.

◆Fields of Focus

• Startup and venture capital Law
• Cross-border corporate transactions
• U.S. securities law and capital markets
• Corporate governance

◆Publications 　　

• Promoting Legal Innovation in Japanese Startup Financing, George Mason Journal of International Commercial Law, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Spring 2019)
•"Frankly Unthinkable": The Constitutional Failings of President Trump's Proposed "Muslim Registry", Maine Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2018)
•"Substance Overload: A Comparative Examination of Japanese Corporate Governance Law through the Lens of the Daiwa Bank Case," Washington International Law Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 2 (April 2015)
• Co-author, "Trends and Developments chapter for Japan," in the Corporate M&A 2025 guide published by Chambers and Partners, May 2025
• Co-author, "Law and Practice chapter for Japan," in the Venture Capital 2025 guide published by Chambers and Partners (May 2025)
•"Convertible Equity in the Japanese Startup Ecosystem," University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2023)
•"Legal Risks and Mitigation Strategies Relating to Insolvent American Startups," New Business Law, Vol. 1170 (May 15, 2020) (in Japanese）

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