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Mari Shimizu

Mari Shimizu

Of Counsel
TEL:
81-3-6775-1167
FAX:
81-3-6775-2167

Mari Shimizu was engaged in a wide range of international trade legal affairs for about 10 years at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, including negotiations of WTO/FTA rules, handling of dispute settlement procedures (drafting submissions, conducting oral arguments etc. ), and providing legal advice under international trade law on various domestic and foreign regulations. She has diverse expertise in international trade law related matters, including government investigations of trade remedies (e.g. anti-dumping measures) and other trade matters, various international economic dispute settlement procedures, legal analysis of trade measures of various countries (United States, EU, China, Southeast Asia etc.) based on international trade law and domestic laws and regulations, economic security-related matters, trade-related aspects of environmental regulations (including climate change measures) and labour regulations.

Practice Areas

Background

2004 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
2006 The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
2006 - 2007 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
2012 graduate study, New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
2012 - 2013 Seconded to the legal department of a major general trading company
2014 - 2020 WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement Office and International Legal Affairs Office, Multilateral Trade Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Deputy Director)
2020 - 2022 Same (Director of Legal Affairs)
2022 - 2024 Same (Director of International Legal Affairs Office)
2022 - 2024 Adjunct Lecturer, Kokugakuin University Faculty of Law (International Economic Law)
2024 Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University (International Economic Law)
2024 Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo

Lectures

TPP11 and Asian Business Strategies Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Feb 19, 2019
International Sanctions Compliance Seminar Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Slaughter and May
Apr 19, 2016

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2007)
  • New York (2012)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English