Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Tokyo Office

Dispute Resolution

International Disputes, International Arbitration, Arbitration, ADR, Financial Services Disputes, Restructuring, Crisis, Management, Compliance

Admitted to practice in 1998 (Japan) and in 2005 (New York); with Mori Hamada and Matsumoto (previously Mori Sogo, 1998-present); Partner of Mori Hamada and Matsumoto (2007-present); with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston (2004-2005); Member of Civil Litigation Practice Committee, Tokyo District Court (2007-2019); Chair of Civil Practice Division, Legal System Research Group,Daini Tokyo Bar Association(2008-2012); Member of International Bar Association (2009-present); Member of Civil Litigation Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2009-2019); Member of "Working Group on Unfair Deprivation of Profit and Class Actions", Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2011-2015); Member of Inter-Pacific Bar Association(2011-present); Member of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2012-present); Chair of Litigation Practice Division, Legal System Research Group, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2012-2018); Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (2013-present); Vice Chair of "Working Group on Consumer Class Actions", Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2013-2015); Deputy Secretary General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2016-2022); Vice Chair of the Civil Litigation Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2016-2018); Users Council of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2016-present); Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) (2018-present); Member of Tokyo Chambers(2019-present); Advisory Board Member of Japan International Dispute Resolution Center(2020-2024); Member of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal Editorial Committee, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association(2021-present);  Director of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2022-present); Chairperson (Director) of the Global Human Resources Development Committee of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2023-present); Member of the Arbitration and Mediation Rules Revision Committee of The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (2023-present)

Japanese and English

Daini Tokyo Bar Association (1998-present); New York State Bar Association (2005-present).

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1996), The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2004).