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Kohji Hayakawa

Kohji Hayakawa

Associate
Tokyo Office

Kohji Hayakawa is a senior associate who mainly handles cross-border dispute resolution including litigation and arbitration. He can advise on maritime law and law of the sea based on his experience of studying and working in the UK and Germany. He is dual-qualified in Japan and the UK.

Hayakawa Kohji
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Key Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution
General Commercial Litigation International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes Alternative Dispute Resolution International Arbitration
Energy and Natural Resources
Economic Security and International Trade

Related Practice Areas

International Practice
EU United Kingdom
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
Quality control, product liability and product fraud Government investigations

Topics

Newsletters
Apr 2023
Energy Practice Legal Update - Various Issues Concerning Law of the Sea and Maritime Law in Relation to Offshore Wind Power Generation in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
Achievements
Apr 20, 2023
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Articles
Mar 2023
Trends on Cryptocurrency Disputes - Trends in Dispute Resolution Overseas (34)

Practice Groups

  • Dispute Resolution Group
  • Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Group
  • Financial Services & Transactions Group

Background

Mar 2011 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Mar 2013 The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
Nov 2013 - Dec 2014 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Dec 2014 - Dec 2015 Associated with MAX Law Office
Jul - Aug 2015 Trained at Stephenson Harwood LLP
Mar 2017 Completed navigational course at Marine Technical College
Jun 2018 - Jun 2019 Worked for the legal department of one of the largest trading companies in Japan
Aug - Sep 2019 Completed 46th Maritime Law Short Course at University of Southampton
Oct 2020 Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. in International Shipping Law, Distinction)
Sep - Dec 2020 Worked for Reed Smith LLP, London
Feb - Apr 2021 Legal Intern at International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Hamburg
Oct 2022 Registered as a solicitor in England and Wales

Publications

Energy Practice Legal Update - Various Issues Concerning Law of the Sea and Maritime Law in Relation to Offshore Wind Power Generation in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone AMT Newsletters
Apr 2023
Trends on Cryptocurrency Disputes - Trends in Dispute Resolution Overseas (34) JCA Journal (Mar 2023)
Mar 2023
Chambers Global Practice Guides - International Arbitration 2022 -Trends and Developments- (Japan Chapter) Chambers Global Practice Guides - International Arbitration 2022
Aug 2022
Amendments to the Civil Proceedings Act in relation to digital transformation Shojihomu Portal
Jun 2022
Review: K Line Pte Ltd v Priminds Shipping (HK) Co Ltd (The “Eternal Bliss”) [2021] EWCA Civ 1712 Maritime Law Journal
May 2022
Publication of proposals for amendments to the Arbitration Act by Ministry of Justice Shojihomu Portal
Nov 2021
Review: K Line Pte Ltd v Priminds Shipping (HK) Co Ltd (The “Eternal Bliss”) [2020] EWHC 2373 (Comm) Maritime Law Journal
Nov 2021
Publication of report in relation to Act on Special Measures concerning Civil Court Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Property Damage incurred by Consumers Shojihomu Portal
Oct 2021
UK’s National Security and Investment Bill: can financiers avoid being caught out? Global Banking & Finance Review
Feb 2021
Maritime Dispute Resolution in UK - Trends in Dispute Resolution Overseas (12) JCA Journal (Jan 2021)
Jan 2021
Case on Request for Order of Provisional Disposition on Deletion of Posted Articles - Review for the Decision rendered by the Supreme Court on January 31, 2017 and related issues in the future Hanrei Jiho No.2328
Jun 2017
Blockchain Technology and its potentiality LIBRA Vol.17 No.4
Apr 2017

Achievements

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

Professional Admissions

  • Attorney-at-Law, Japan (2014)
  • Solicitor, England and Wales（2022）
  • Japan Maritime Counselor (2015)
  • Marine Procedure Commission Agent (2019)
  • License of Boat's Operator

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Tokyo Bar Association
  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • Japan Association of Arbitrators (Deputy Secretary General of the General Affairs and Finance Committee)
  • The Maritime Law Association of Japan

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English