Yoshimasa Furuta (1966-2021)
Partner
Yoshimasa Furuta (FCIArb) specializes in international & domestic litigation, commercial arbitration, mediation & conciliation and other dispute resolution procedures. Mr. Furuta represents Japanese and foreign companies in all kinds of business disputes, both in Japan and overseas, involving sales of goods, distributorship, technology licensing, intellectual property infringement (patent, copyright, trademark, know-how and unfair competition), labor & employment, corporate management, complex financial products and other business transactions.

Practice Areas
Topics
Practice Groups
- Dispute Resolution Group
Background
1988 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.) |
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1988 - 1989 | Government Official, Ministry of Home Affairs of Japan (now known as Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) |
1988 - 1990 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
1995 | Harvard Law School (LL.M., Addison Brown Prize) |
1995 - 1996 | Foreign Attorney, Whitman Breed Abbot & Morgan (currently Winston & Strawn), New York |
2000 - 2008 | Adjunct Lecturer, Rikkyo University |
2003 - 2011 | Professor of Law, Seikei University |
2008 - 2009 | Adjunct Lecturer, Keio University |
2008 - 2009 | Adjunct Lecturer, Tsukuba University |
2008 - 2010 | Secretary, Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice |
2011 - 2018 | Director, Japan Association of Arbitrators |
2011 - | Panel Mediator, Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center |
2013 - 2016 | Professor of Law, The University of Tokyo |
2013 - | Member, ICC Japan Arbitration Committee |
2016 | Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School |
2016 - | Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Tokyo |
2018 - | Executive Director, Japan Association of Arbitrators |
2018 - | Adjunct Lecturer, Keio University |
2018 - | Member, Singapore International Mediation Centre Specialist Mediator Panel (Japan) |
2020 - | Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) |
2020 - | Executive Director, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center |
Publications
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nov 2021
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2022 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2022
Nov 2021
Chambers Global Practice Guides - Enforcement of Judgments 2021 - Japan Law & Practice
Chambers Global Practice Guides - Enforcement of Judgments 2021
Sep 2021
Enforcement in Japan of Foreign Judicial and Extra-judicial Instruments
Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal VOL. 2 [2021]
Sep 2021
Ministry of Justice releases the "Study Report on Service Abroad and Taking Evidence Abroad in Light of Implementation of IT system"
Shojihomu Portal
Apr 2021
Litigation 2021 (Japan Chapter) - Law and Practice
Chambers Global Practice Guides
Dec 2020
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2021 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2021 (Japan Chapter)
Oct 2020
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2020 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2020
Oct 2019
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fourth Edition
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2019
The Law and Ethics of Jurists
The University of Nagoya Press
Aug 2019
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2019 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2019
Nov 2018
Jul 2018
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2018 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2018
Nov 2017
Jul 2017
Jun 2017
Aug 2016
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2016 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through - Investment Treaty Arbitration 2016
Dec 2015
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2017 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through - Investment Treaty Arbitration 2017
Oct 2015
Aug 2015
Jan 2015
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2015 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through - Investment Treaty Arbitration 2015
Dec 2014
Aug 2014
Commissioned Investigation Report on the Investigation and Analysis for the Nomination of the Arbitrator and Mediator According to the ICSID Convention Article 13
Japan Association of Arbitrators
Mar 2014
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2014 (Japan Chapter)
Getting the Deal Through - Investment Treaty Arbitration 2014
Dec 2013
Apr 2013
Jan 2012
Aug 2011
Aug 2010
Aug 2009
Sep 2008
Jan 2006
Equal Employment Opportunity Lawsuits in the U.S. and Protection of Employee Privacy in Japan
Journal of Management Lawyers, Vol. 137
May 2003
Lectures
Practical and cultural differences of litigating in Asia
IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum, IBA Litigation Committee
Sep 9, 2021
Jun 8, 2021
Utilizing TPP in Business - Commemorating publication of Commentaries on the TPP
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 9, 2019
TPP11 and Asian Business Strategies
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Osaka Office
Mar 29, 2019
TPP11 and Asian Business Strategies
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Nagoya Office
Mar 22, 2019
TPP11 and Asian Business Strategies
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Feb 19, 2019
Ensuring Successful Mediation Across Asia‐Pacific
LAWASIA (The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific)
Sep 20, 2017
Jul 5, 2017
Sep 26 - 28, 2016
IBA Annual Conference 2010
IBA (International Bar Association)
Oct 3 - 8, 2010
Achievements
Dec 16, 2021
Oct 9, 2021
Sep 17, 2021
Aug 3, 2021
May 10, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
Feb 19, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
Dec 15, 2020
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 1, 2020
Jul 21, 2020
May 7, 2020
Apr 9, 2020
Feb 14, 2020
Jan 20, 2020
Dec 6, 2019
Nov 29, 2019
Sep 19, 2019
Apr 4, 2019
Feb 14, 2019
Jan 17, 2019
Nov 30, 2018
Nov 9, 2018
Nov 7, 2018
May 14, 2018
Feb 16, 2018
Dec 7, 2017
Nov 29, 2017
Nov 13, 2017
Nov 2, 2017
Aug 2, 2017
Mar 17, 2017
Jan 13, 2017
Nov 10, 2016
Nov 2, 2016
Nov 2, 2016
Mar 18, 2016
Feb 9, 2016
Nov 13, 2015
Sep 1, 2015
Mar 13, 2015
Feb 13, 2015
Nov 20, 2014
Oct 30, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Feb 18, 2014
Nov 13, 2013
Mar 21, 2013
Mar 4, 2013
Nov 30, 2012
Jul 17, 2012
Mar 25, 2012
Feb 24, 2012
Dec 13, 2011
Mar 28, 2011
Dec 8, 2010
Sep 14, 2010
Jul 30, 2010
Dec 2, 2008
Dec 2, 2008
Professional Admissions
- Japan (1991)
- New York (1996)
Professional and Academic Associations
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association
- International Bar Association
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Japan Association of Arbitrators
- Management Lawyers Council
Languages
- Japanese (first language)
- English