Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Client Satisfaction

Lawyers

Yoshimi Ohara

Yoshimi Ohara

Work Department

Dispute settlement, including arbitration, litigation and mediation, Advice on foreign investment, Intellectual Property transactions and dispute settlements

Position

Partner

Career

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan Partner, April 1992— Present - Represent domestic and international clients in litigation, commercial and investment arbitration and mediation. Serve as an arbitrator. A member of ICSID arbitrator panel. - Advise domestic and international clients in relation to foreign investment and complex IP contracts and disputes.

Keio Law School, Tokyo Japan Adjunct Lecturer, April 2014 – Present - Teaching international arbitration to LLM students.

Foley & Lardner, LLP, Washington DC, USA Special Counsel, 2003-2004 - Member of IP Litigation Team

IT Company In-house Legal Counsel, 1999—2000 - In-house counsel; advised intellectual property related matters and general corporate matters; headed license negotiations and dispute resolution.

Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington DC, USA Foreign Trainee, 1996

Languages

Japanese, English

Memberships

- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Council, 2023-present

- Mumbai Centre For International Arbitration, Council, 2021-present

- International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Governing Board member, 2018-present

- Swiss Arbitration Association, Board member, 2017-present

- Japan Association of Arbitrators, Executive Director, 2020-prenset

- ICC International Court of Arbitration, Vice President, 2015- 2021

- The London Court of International Arbitration, Asia Pacific Users' Council President, June 2016 - 2019

- The London Court of International Arbitration, Vice President, 2013-2015

Education

- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, USA May, 1996, LL.M.

- Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, Tokyo, Japan March, 1992, Qualification to Practice Law

- University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan March, 1990, Bachelor of Law Degree (Hogakushi)

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