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