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- Akihiro Terai
Our People
Practice Areas
- Corporate business law
- International business transaction
- Dispute resolution (Litigation, Arbitration, Conciliation)
Biography
| 1979 | Born in Shiga |
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| Mar. 1997 | Hikone Higashi High School |
| Mar. 2001 | Keio University Faculty of Law (B.A.in Political Science) |
| Oct. 2003 | The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (56th term) Kikkawa Law Offices |
| May 2010 | University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.) |
| Aug. 2010 | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP（New York, USA） |
| Dec. 2010 | Amster Rothstein and Ebenstein LLP（New York, USA） |
| Jun. 2011 | Admitted to the New York State Bar |
| Aug. 2011 | University of Michigan Law School (Visiting Scholar) |
| Aug. 2012 | Kikkawa Law Offices |
| May 2014 | Midosuji LPC |
| Jan. 2016 | Partner of Midosuji LPC (- present) |
| Sep. 2019 | Engaged in the (Legal) Services of Overseas Business Development Expert of the Consortium for a New Export Nation at JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) (-present) |
| Jun. 2022 | won the Corporate Lawyer of the Year in Japan (Global LawExperts & Global Advisory Experts Award 2022) award |
| Oct. 2023 | recognised as an exclusively recommended Corporate Law expert in Japan (Advisory Excellence, 2023 winner) |
| Oct. 2023 | attained CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) Member status (MCIArb) |
Publications
- “A Guide to Corporation Law Made Easy” (Joint Author, Shin Nippon Hoki, Publishing Co., Ltd. in October 2006)
- “The construction of “unable to present its case” in the article 44 (1) (iv), “conflict with the public policy or good morals of Japan” in the article 44 (1) (viii) and of the article 44 (2) of Arbitration Act– settling on the subject matter of Case No.3 (chu) of 2008 at Tokyo District Court -”（JCA Journal Vol.58, No.9 and No.10)
- “The U.S. discovery as a judicial mutual assistance and arbitration”（JCA Journal Vol.59, No.9 and No.10)
- “Proposed Key Changes to the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules” (Kokusai Shouji Houmu Vol.41, No.1)
- “Debate Constitutional Law” (Joint Author, Shinzansha Publisher Co.,Ltd. in March 2014)
- “Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Human Rights Due Diligence – Strategies for Japanese Companies based on the Latest Developments in the EU” (“Lawyers Guide – Most Important Legal Issues Raised by Companies – ” Business & Law LLC., July, 2023)
Lectures
- “Workshop for Distributorship Agreement with Overseas Local Companies” (JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), November 2021)
[as Support by Overseas Business Development Experts of the Consortium for a New Export Nation]
Languages
Japanese / English