- Practice Area
- General Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions / Business Alliances / International Practice / Civil & Commercial Litigation / Corporate Governance / Startups & IPO / Labor / Intellectual Property / IT & Communications
- Education
- University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2005)
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Supreme Court of Japan (1997-1999)
- Keio University (LL.B., 1993)
- Experience
- Co-founding Partner of Socius Legal Services (2015-Present)
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Palo Alto Office (2005-2006)
- Simmons & Simmons, Hong Kong Office (2001-2002)
- TMI Associates (1999-2014(as Partner from 2007-2014))
- Recruit Holdings Co., LTD (1993-1994)
- Admissions
- New York Bar Association (Admitted in 2006)
- Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted in 1999)
- Memberships
- Member of Japanese Law Translation Council, Ministry of Justice (2012-2016)
- Practice Area
- General Corporate / Real Estate Transactions / Finance / Labor / Intellectual Property / Renewable Energy / Civil & Commercial Litigation / Divorce / Inheritance / Regulatory Compliance / Risk Management
- Education
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Supreme Court of Japan (2003-2004)
- Keio University (LL.B., 2000)
- Experience
- Co-founding Partner of Socius Legal Services(2015-Present)
- Otsuka and Kawasaki (2014)
- TMI Associates (2004-2014)
- Admissions
- Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted in 2004)
- Practice Area
- General Corporate / Civil & Commercial Litigation / Bankruptcy and Special Liquidation / Labor / Real Estate Transactions / Internet Disputes / Debt Collection / Provisional Remedy / Advertising Regulations / Criminal Cases / Juvenile Criminal Cases / Divorce / Inheritance / Debt Consolidation
- Education
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Supreme Court of Japan (2007-2008)
- Keio University (B.A., 2004)
- Experience
- Founding Partner of Close Law Office (2019-2020)
- TMI Associates (Associate, 2008-2019)
- Admissions
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted in 2008)
- Memberships
- Member of Criminal Defense Committee, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2019~)
- Practice Area
- General Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate Governance / Commercial Litigation / Human Resources / Labor Tribunal & Litigation
- Education
- University of Bristol, Labour Law and Corporate Governance (LL.M., 2023)
- Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (2011-2012)
- Waseda Law School (J.D.,2011)
- Waseda University (LL.B., 2009)
- Experience
- TMI Associates (Associate, 2013-2017)
- Admissions
- Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted in 2012)
- Member of Labor Law Special Committee, Tokyo Bar Association (2016-March 2023／April 2024~)
- Practice Area
- Education
- Legal Training and Research Institute of Supreme Court of Japan (2016)
- Kyoto University Law School (J.D.)
- Tokyo University of Science (B.S.)
- Experience
- Coach Law Firm (Associate, 2019-2024)
- Konoike Construction Co., Ltd. (2018-2019)
- Admissions
- Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (Admitted in 2018)
- Memberships
- Member of Corporate Law Research Committee, Research and Training Institute, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2020~)
- Member of Testamentary Trust Research Committee, Research and Training Institute, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2020~)
- Member of Family Law Committee, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association (2020~)
- Member of Architectural Conflict Research Committee, Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association（2021~)
- Member of The Intellectual Property Lawyers Network Japan (2022~)
- Member of Bankruptcy Disposal Lawyers Network Japan (2020~)
- Member of Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences (2020~)
- Member of Tax Litigation Society (2022~)
- Member of Administrative Procedure Society (2022~)
- Subleader, Assistant Deputy General Manager of Finance Group, Japan In-House Lawyers Association (2021~)
- Counselor for Legal Counseling Center of Culture and Art, Agency for Cultural Affairs (2023)
- Counselor for Legal Counseling Center of Copyright Infringement Measures, Agency for Cultural Affairs (2023)
- Counselor for Tokyo Startup Station (2023~)
- Practice Area
- General Corporate ／ Civil & Commercial Litigation ／ Labor ／Labor Tribunal & Litigation ／ Intellectual Property ／ Divorce ／ Inheritance ／ Criminal Cases
- Education
- Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (2024-2025)
Waseda Law School (J.D.,2023)
Chiba University (LL.B., 2021) - Admissions
- Tokyo Daiichi Bar Association（Admitted in 2025）
