Yoshimasa Furuta

Partner

TEL:: 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.

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Practice Areas

Topics

Books

Nov 2021

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition

Articles

Nov 2021

Getting the Deal Through – Investment Treaty Arbitration 2022 (Japan Chapter)

Achievements

Oct 9, 2021

Who's Who Legal: Japan 2021

Practice Groups

Dispute Resolution Group

Background

1988	The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
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

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