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Yoshimasa Furuta

Yoshimasa Furuta

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Tokyo Office
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81-3-6775-1031
FAX:
81-3-6775-2031

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.

Furuta Yoshimasa
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Lectures Achievements Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Topics

Achievements
Apr 9, 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Achievements
Feb 14, 2020
Chambers Global 2020
Achievements
Jan 20, 2020
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020

Practice Groups

  • Dispute Resolution Group

Background

1988 The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
1988 - 1989 the Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs (now known as Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) as a government official
1988 - 1990 The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
1995 graduate study, Harvard Law School (LL.M.)
1995 Addison Brown Prize
1995 - 1996 Associated with Whitman Breed Abbot & Morgan (currently Winston & Strawn), New York
2000 - 2008 an adjunct lecturer at Rikkyo University
2003 - 2011 a professor of law at Seikei University
2008 - 2009 an adjunct lecturer at Keio University
2008 - 2009 an adjunct lecturer at Tsukuba University
2008 - 2010 a secretary at the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice
2013 - 2016 a professor of law at the University of Tokyo
2016 a visiting professor at Columbia Law School
2016 - an adjunct lecturer at the University of Tokyo
2018 - an adjunct lecturer at Keio University, Law School

Publications

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
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2018 (Japan Chapter)
Jul 2018
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2018 (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2018
Nov 2017
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2017 (Japan Chapter)
Jul 2017
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
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2016 (Japan Chapter)
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
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2015 (Japan Chapter)
Aug 2015
Case Case Study - International Private Law Yuhikaku
Jan 2015
Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2015 (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Investment Treaty Arbitration 2015
Dec 2014
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2014 (Japan Chapter)
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
Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Laws: A Primer for Japanese Companies Kinzai
Nov 2013
Q&A: Strategies for Corporate Law Practice in Asia and Emerging Countries Shoji Homu
Apr 2013
Fukushima: The Legal Aftershocks
Jan 2012
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2011 (Japan Chapter)
Aug 2011
New international jurisdiction rules: foreign companies must brace for change
May 2011
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration 2010 (Japan Chapter)
Aug 2010
Sovereign immunity, international jurisdiction and courts' powers in labour disputes
Apr 2010
The International Comparative Legal Guide to : International Arbitration 2009 (Japan Chapter)
Aug 2009
The International Comparative Legal Guide to : International Arbitration 2008 (Japan Chapter)
Sep 2008
Japan enters a new era
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

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
HKIAC Arbitration Clause Negotiation Workshop - Tokyo HKIAC
Jul 5, 2017
ICC Institute PIDA Training on International Commercial Arbitration
Sep 26 - 28, 2016
IBA Annual Conference 2010 IBA (International Bar Association)
Oct 3 - 8, 2010

Achievements

Apr 9, 2020
Best Lawyers 2021
Feb 14, 2020
Chambers Global 2020
Jan 20, 2020
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020
Dec 6, 2019
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2020
Nov 29, 2019
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2019
Sep 19, 2019
Asialaw Profiles 2020
Apr 4, 2019
Best Lawyers 2020
Feb 14, 2019
Chambers Global 2019
Jan 17, 2019
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019
Nov 30, 2018
Chambers Asia 2019
Nov 9, 2018
Asialaw Profiles 2019
Nov 7, 2018
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2018
May 14, 2018
Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018
Feb 16, 2018
Chambers Global 2018
Dec 7, 2017
Chambers Asia 2018
Nov 29, 2017
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018
Nov 13, 2017
Asialaw Profiles 2018
Nov 2, 2017
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2017
Aug 2, 2017
Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2017
Mar 17, 2017
Chambers Global 2017
Jan 13, 2017
Chambers Asia 2017
Nov 10, 2016
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017
Nov 2, 2016
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2016
Nov 2, 2016
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2016
Mar 18, 2016
Chambers Global 2016
Feb 9, 2016
Chambers Asia 2016
Nov 13, 2015
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016
Sep 1, 2015
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2015
Mar 13, 2015
Chambers Global 2015
Feb 13, 2015
Chambers Asia 2015
Nov 20, 2014
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015
Oct 30, 2014
Who's Who Legal: Japan 2014
Mar 14, 2014
Chambers Global 2014
Feb 18, 2014
Chambers Asia 2014
Nov 13, 2013
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014
Mar 21, 2013
Chambers Global 2013
Mar 4, 2013
Chambers Asia 2013
Nov 30, 2012
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2013
Jul 17, 2012
Best Lawyers 2012
Mar 25, 2012
Chambers Global 2012
Feb 24, 2012
Chambers Asia 2012
Dec 13, 2011
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2012
Mar 28, 2011
Chambers Asia 2011
Dec 8, 2010
Legal 500 2010/2011
Sep 14, 2010
Best Lawyers 2010
Jul 30, 2010
Chambers Asia 2010
Dec 2, 2008
Chambers Asia 2009
Dec 2, 2008
Legal500 2008/2009

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