Practice Areas
Education
- 2025
- Harvard Law School, Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- 2016
- Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
Experience
- 2025
- Joined ZeLo
- 2023
- Seconded to Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.
- 2018
- Joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
- 2018
- Qualified to Practice Law (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)
- 2015
- Passed Japanese Bar Exam
Representative Works
- Led and successfully resolved numerous corporate litigation and non-contentious matters across a wide range of legal fields.
- Handled a broad range of complex pre-litigation disputes, providing strategic analysis, negotiation, and early-stage resolution.
- With professional secondment experience at a leading full-scope engineering company, oversaw major matters relating to EPC contracts, including drafting and reviewing EPC agreements and successfully managing disputes arising from large-scale projects.
- Provided comprehensive legal support on general corporate matters for clients across diverse industries, including contract drafting, review and governance-related guidance.
- Delivered practical and timely legal advice on labor and employment issues and achieved favorable outcomes in related dispute resolution proceedings.
- Advised on complex employment succession issues in M&A transactions, enabling smooth transitions and compliant integration across multiple deals.
