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Akira Kawamura

Akira Kawamura

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Tokyo Office
TEL:
81-3-6775-1004
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81-3-6775-2004
Kawamura Akira
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Lectures Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Corporate
Corporate and Commercial Transactions Corporate Governance
M&A
M&A/Business Restructuring
Finance and Financial Institutions
Financial Regulation Real Estate Finance Acquisition Finance
Real Estate
Real Estate Transactions
Intellectual Property/TMT
IP Licensing and Transactions
Competition/Antitrust
Distribution and Other Competition Law Matters
Dispute Resolution
International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes Alternative Dispute Resolution Franchise Disputes
International Practice
Russia/CIS Middle East
Economic Security and International Trade

Topics

Achievements
Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Achievements
Apr 14, 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Achievements
Apr 15, 2021
Best Lawyers 2022

Practice Groups

  • Corporate Transaction Group
  • Dispute Resolution Group

Background

1965 Kyoto Univeristy (LL.B.)
1986 Vice President, Daini Tokyo Bar Association
1998 Visiting Professor, Kyoto Univeristy (Faculty of Law, Apr 1998 - Mar 2002, Apr 2004 - Mar 2006)
2002 - Present Outside Director, McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
Apr 2004 - Mar 2006 Lecturer, Chuo Univeristy (Graduate School of Law)
2005 - Present Registered Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 Secretary General, International Bar Association
2007 - 2017 Member of the Ethics Committee, The Japanese Cancer Association
Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 Vice President, International Bar Association
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012 President, International Bar Association
Mar 2013 - Jul 2021 President, Japan Association of Arbitrators
Jan 2014 - Present Expert Panel, P.R.I.M.E Finance
2014 - 2017 Member of the Ethics Commission, International Association of Athletics Federation （IAAF）
May 2016 - Present Co-chair, Russia Japan Lawyers Council
Nov 2017 - Present Member of World Athletics Disciplinary and Appeals Tribunal (August 2023 – Reappointed under new organization name)
2018 - 2020 Director, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center
2020 - 2023 Vice Chair-Advisory Board, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center
Aug 2021 - Present Advisor, Japan Association of Arbitrators
Aug 2023 - Present Chair-Advisory Board, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center

Publications

European Lawyer Reference "Corporate Governance" (first edition 2013) (Japan Chapter)
Oct 2013
Newsletter Leaders League October 2012
Oct 2012
The Emergence and Evolution of Law Firms in Japan Shoji Houmu
Nov 2011
A survey of current regulatory trends Publication by International Bar Association, Financial Crisis Task Force
Oct 2010
Investing Across Borders 2010
Sep 2010
Interim Report: preliminary views on the financial crisis Task Force on the Financial Crisis (April 2010)
Apr 2010
Premier Partner Profile
Feb 2006

Lectures

St Petersburg International Legal Forum
May 26 - 30, 2015
Annual Conference of the International Bar Association 2013 IBA (International Bar Association)
Oct 6 - 11, 2013
The Need for a Global Legal Profession
Apr 12, 2012
The Global Financial Crisis and the Legal Profession Asialaw
Mar 18 - 19, 2009
Taking India into the Next Millennium IBA (International Bar Association)
Mar 6 - 7, 2009
New focus of international business: Asia, the centre stage IBA (International Bar Association)
Sep 17 - 19, 2008
International Competition Enforcement IBA (International Bar Association)
Apr 20 - 21, 2005

Achievements

Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Apr 14, 2022
Best Lawyers 2023
Apr 15, 2021
Best Lawyers 2022
Apr 9, 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Apr 4, 2019
Best Lawyers 2020
Sep 1, 2015
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2015
Nov 20, 2014
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015
Oct 30, 2014
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2014
Nov 13, 2013
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014
Nov 30, 2012
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2013
Nov 15, 2012
Awarded the decoration of the Order of the Rising Sun in the 2012
Nov 15, 2012
Global Competition Review - Japan's competition bar
Jul 17, 2012
Best Lawyers 2012
Apr 6, 2011
The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists 2011
Dec 8, 2010
Legal 500 2010/2011
Sep 14, 2010
Best Lawyers 2010
May 6, 2010
The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists 2010

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (1967)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Daini Tokyo Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Japan Association of Arbitrators
  • Russia-Japan Lawyers Council

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English