Nishimura & Asahi

International Dispute Resolution

Partner, Tokyo

Lars is a partner in our international dispute resolution group. With almost twenty years of experience working in Tokyo, New York, and Germany, he advises clients from Europe and Asia on complex cross-border disputes, commercial negotiations, and internal investigations.

Lars’ practice is focused on commercial and investment arbitration. He has particular expertise in contentious proceedings involving post-M&A, commercial, manufacturing, construction, and distribution matters, in areas such as life sciences, automotive, and energy. Lars also deals with cases involving governments, and has advised foreign investors and sovereign states on issues of foreign direct investment and public international law, including related negotiations and investor-state disputes. He has been involved in more than 50 international arbitrations as counsel and arbitrator under the arbitration rules of institutions such as the ICC, DIS, SAC, NAI, ICDR, KCAB, JCAA, SIAC, and ICSID, as well as under the UNCITRAL Rules.

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2018 | Registered as a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi (Primary Jurisdiction: Federal Republic of Germany)

2007 | Admitted in New York

2004 | Admitted in Federal Republic of Germany

・ IPBA Investment Arbitration Sub-Committee, co-chair ・ SIAC Users Council ・ KCAB Next, Steering Committee ・ HK45, Regional Ambassador Japan ・ DIS, German Arbitration Institute

2009 | The University of Cologne (Ph.D.) 2006 | Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M) 2001 | Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg (First State Examination) 1999 | Aix-Marseille University (Maitrise en droit) 1998 | Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg