Chisato Higashio

Key Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial Law  Employment Law and Compliance  Employment Litigation and Dispute Resolution   Business Immigration Matters  Commercial Litigation  Related Practice Areas
Financial Regulation  IP Licensing and Transactions  Copyright and Entertainment  Health Care, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences   Distribution Issues/Premiums and Representations Act/Subcontract Act/Unfair Trade Practices Act 

Chisato Higashio is an associate at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, primarily working in the field of corporate law focusing on matters regarding labor and employment.

・Labor Law

・"Advisory Q&A (Can maternity leave period be excluded from years of employment which is a prerequisite for a promotional exam）," Rosei Jiho No. 3796 (April 2011)
・"Compliance with Japanese Employment Laws is Everybody's Business," Who's Who in Legal Services in Japan 2009 (co-author)
・"Japan's New LLPs and LLCs," Corporate Counsel (December 2005)  (co-author)
・Guide to Japan's New Corporation Law: An analysis of the new corporate system based upon a review of the new provisions (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2005) (co-author)

Tokyo University (B.A., 1996); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1999-2001; Duke Law School (LL.M., 2003).

・Japan (2003)

・Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association

・Japanese (first language)
・English