After graduating from Waseda University in 1997 and finishing Law School, he became a faculty member in 2005. Professor Aoki teaches Japanese civil law including property, contract, and secured transactions to undergraduate and graduate students. He is strongly interested in ‘the policies and rules concerning transactions with collateralized or securitized cash flows for income producing properties’ (such as cash flow from the mortgaged commercial real estate, proceeds of inventory or account receivables). As part of his research project, Aoki investigated the role of covenants in asset-based lending transactions. Angus Corbett (Australia)