Practice Areas

Intellectual Property/Entertainment
Corporate/M&A
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Insolvency

Education and Experience

Kyoto University (LL.B.), 1997
Northwestern University, School of Law (LL.M.), 2008
Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Chicago, USA), 2008-2009
AllBright Law Office (Shanghai, China), 2009

Professional Activities

International Affiliations
Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), Former Vice-Chair of Intellectual Property Committee
International Bar Association (IBA), Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee
Hawaii Tax Institute Japan-US Alliance Program, Organizing Committee
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Japan Affiliations
Japan International Mediation Center (Kyoto), Managing Committee
Japan Arbitrators Association, Deputy Secretary-General, Kansai Branch
Osaka Bar Association, International Committee, Chair
Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Committee on International Relations, Vice-Chair
The Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan (IPLNET)
Japanese Network for Bankruptcy Lawyers
JETRO, SME Cross-Border Transaction Counsel, Fiscal Year 2018

Publications

Publications
“The America Invents Act, a practical guide by US and Japanese lawyers and patent attorneys” (editor and co-author), Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation
“Demise of False Patent Marking Cases," The Lawyers, February 2012
“IBA Guidelines for Drafting International Arbitration Clauses (Japanese translation)” (co-author), IBA website, December 2011
“Patent Litigation and Border Enforcement in Japan, US (ITC) and Korea (KTC)," Chizai Prism, February 2011
“Easy Guide for Company Act” (co-author), Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing

Seminars

Past Seminars

• “Global Litigation and Intellectual Property Symposium,” jointly hosted with DLA Piper LLP and Fukami Patent Office, P.C., November 18, 2019

• “English Language Contracts (Advance),” March 6 and 13, 2019

• “Legal Workshop for International Business,” sponsored by JETRO, February 27, 2019

• “English Language Contracts (Basic),” December 10 and 12, 2018

• “Nuts and Bolts of English Language Contracts,” sponsored by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), annual basis 2012 - 2018

• “Nuts and Bolts of English Language Contracts,” sponsored by JETRO, January 25, 2017

• “Border Enforcement Measures for Intellectual Property Rights,” at IPBA 25th Annual Meeting and Conference, Hong Kong, May 8, 2015

• “Doing business in Japan, particularly, in Osaka and other parts of the Kansai area,” CLE Webinar sponsored by The State Bar of California, December 5, 2013

• “Investment in Indonesia,” jointly hosted with Maulana and Partners, Indonesia and Namura & Partners, May 22 and 24, 2013

• “Strategy for patent application and litigation in the U.S. under AIA regime,” jointly hosted with Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, DLA Piper LLP, April 9 - 11, 2013

• “Dealing with US-Japan Cartel Investigations,” joinly hosted with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP and Namura & Partners, April 17 and 20, 2012

• “Revised Civil Procedure Code and Cross-border Disputes,” March 30, 2012

• “Addressing International Breach Incidents” at IAPP Global Privacy Summit, Washington D.C., March 9, 2011

• “Topics on recent US Patent - 2010 KSR Guidelines Update,” sponsored by Licensing Executives Society Japan, January 31, 2011

• “Recent Chinese Law,” co-sponsored by Kansai Economic Federation and Osaka Bar Association, January 27, February 24, 2011

• “Transfer of Technology- Difficult issues in licensing” at IBA Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 7, 2010

• “Patent Litigation and Border Enforcement in Japan, US (ITC) and Korea (KTC),” sponsored by Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry, July 27 and 29, 2010

Awards / Honors Banner

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025,
　・Insolvency and Reorganization Law (First Year Listed: 2014)
　・Intellectual Property Law (First Year Listed: 2012)

Shortlisted for IR Global Member of the Year 2017

Bar Admissions

Japan, 2000
New York, 2009

Languages

Japanese & English