Hiratsuka & Co

Specialist in Litigation, Arbitration and Negotiation of all Maritime matters including Charterparty, Contract of Affreightment, Shipbuilding contracts and disputes, Sale/Purchase of Ships, Collisions, Fire, Grounding, Pollution, Arrest/Release of Ships, Cargo Claims and Personal Injury Defense. Also undertakes International insolvency, Product liability, Insurance and Reinsurance and General corporate matters.

Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court; Admitted to the Tokyo Bar Association; Worked as Civil/Criminal Litigator in Tokyo; Joined Hiratsuka & Co. (2011); Made partner of the firm 2014.

Japanese and English

Tokyo Bar Association

Faculty of Letters, Tokyo University (B.A., Aesthetics); Waseda Law School (J.D.); Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (2010); University of Southampton (Maritime Law Short Course, 2013)