Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law admitted with the Supreme Court of New YorkBengoshi registered with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised premier global hotel chain on senior employee’s harassment allegations and associated investigation and negotiations
  • Advised global accounting firm on the withdrawal of an international seconded partner
  • Represented a global pharmaceutical company regarding contentious collective bargaining with successive unions
  • Represented global IT company's subsidiary on multiple employee terminations; handled the associated labor tribunal claim and negotiations
  • Advised on company-wide employee misclassification regarding overtime payments for global software developer and global luxury watch maker and tour company
  • Advised multiple U.S. headquartered multinationals on their major reductions in force in Japan
  • Advised U.S. based global company on employment matters of global deal selling its whole business unit
  • Advised Japan subsidiary of German company on employment matters of demerger deal
  • Provided employment law advice to a global semiconductor manufacturer in connection with the acquisition of the semiconductor division of a Japanese multinational electronics corporation through a joint venture
Education
  • Columbia Law School LL.M. (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), 2018
  • University of Nagoya Law School, J.D., 2008
  • Ritsumeikan University, Faculty of Law (Withdrew to enter Nagoya University J.D. program early), 2005

Awards

  • Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Japan Labour and Employment, Next Generation Lawyer (2017-2029), Rising Star (2020-2022), Next Generation Partner (2023-2024)
  • Chambers Asia-Pacific, Japan Employment, Leading Individual (2016-2018)

Publications

  • "2023 Overseas Legal News", article in Business Homu, April 2023
  • "Social Networking and the Global Workforce", International Labor and Employment Laws, Fourth Edition, Volumes IA and IB, 2017 Cumulative Supplement, Bloomberg BNA, December 2016
  • "Japanese Government Takes a More Severe Policy against "Black Companies", International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, published by American Bar Association (ABA), June 2015
  • Contributing Author: "Transfer of Business and Acquired Employee Rights: A Practical Guide for Europe and Across the Globe", published by Springer, July 2016
  • "Full Enforcement of Amendments to the Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China, Business Houmu,"  Legal Affairs NEWS 8, March 2016
  • "Reforms to Japan's Defined Contribution Pension System Submitted to the Japanese Diet", International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, published by American Bar Association (ABA), May 2015
  • "Amendments to Japan's Labor Standards Act", International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, published by American Bar Association (ABA), April 2015
  • "Maternity Harassment Recognized by Supreme Court'', International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, published by American Bar Association (ABA), April 2015
  • "New Law Proposed to Encourage Japanese Employers to Promote Female Employees to Managerial Positions", International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association (ABA), October 2014
  • "Proposed Exception to Five-Year Rule on Fixed-Term Employee", International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association (ABA), May 2014
  • "Proposed amendments to Japan's Worker Dispatch Act", International Labor & Law Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association (ABA), April 2014
  • "World Legal News - Overseas Trends of Worker Dispatch Act in 2013", Business Houmu, February 2014
  • "An overview of Japanese employment law", ELA Briefing, Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), February 2014
  • "Legal Affairs NEWS10 in the second half of 2012 - Articles on Employment", Business Houmu, March 2013

ACADEMIA

  • Lectured on Japanese Law at Tashkent State Institute of Law, Uzbekistan, 2008

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the International Bar Association

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