Masuda & Partners Law Office

International Commercial Transactions (U.S., EU, ASEAN & Alien Affairs), Contracts and Torts, Property Law, Trusts & Succession, Domestic Relations (for social minorities), Corporations (Financial Services, Business Succession and Labour Relations).

Of Counsel

Professional Experience Associate Professor of Law, Rikkyo/St. Paul’s University (1971) Nagashima & Ono Law Office (1975-1977) Professor of Law, Rikkyo/St. Paul’s University (1979) Professor of Law, Hokkaido University (1993) Visiting Professor of Law, The University of Tokyo (1993-1997) Professor of Law, Chuo University (1997-2007) Masuda & Partners Law Office-Of Counsel (2008-present)

Professional Licenses Admitted to the Japanese Bar, Japan (1971)

Publications “Theories on Anglo-American Law of Contracts” University of Tokyo Press, (1977)

“American Constitutional Law Today” (Collaborated with Prof.T.I.Emerson, YLS) University of Tokyo Press, (1978)

“Private Law in the United States” Yuhikaku, (1988)

“Public Law in the United States” Yuhikaku, (1993)

“A General View of the Legal System of the United States” Yuhikaku, (2000)

Japanese and English

Professional Activities, Memberships and Appointments Representative Director of the Japanese American Society for Legal Studies (1992-1998) Member of the Disciplinary Committee for the Tokyo Bar Association (1997-1998) Member of the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2007- retired 2018)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Japan (1971, J.D.) Harvard University Law School, USA (1973, LL.M.)