Yamamoto Shibasaki Law Office

山本柴崎法律事務所

Kohtaro Yamamoto

Qualifications

Attorney (Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association), patent attorney, New York State Attorney

Place of birth

Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture

Affiliated organizations (committee positions, etc.)

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association International Interchange Committee, Chairperson
Tokyo Family Court Mediation Committee
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Disciplinary Enforcement Committee
Japan Federation of Lawyer Politics Standing Director
Supreme Court Judicial Training Committee Member
Tokyo Stock Exchange Listed Companies Unaffiliated Director and Auditor, etc.

Writing, seminars, lectures, etc.

Translations
The Law of Corporations (Robert W. Hamilton), published April 1, 1999, Bokutakusha
Writing

"Summary Report of Local Survey of Vietnamese Intellectual Property Systems", co-author, "Intellectual Property Prism", February 2018 edition

"Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Violations and Board Member Liabilities"

"Josuikai Report", August-September 2010 Edition
"Incidents of Petition by Foreign Fathers for Visitation", "Census Newsletter", February 2014 Edition

Seminars

Protection of Personal Information and Compliance Training

Languages Used

Japanese, English

Message

    • I have worked as an attorney for well over 30 years since my registration. During that time, I have gained experience working with a number of individual and corporate clients on matters including corporate law, international transactions, intellectual property cases, real estate cases, and inheritances, etc. and I look forward to sharing joys and hardships with my clients through my judicial duties going forward.
 

Personal history

 

Graduated Hitotsubashi School of Law, Graduated Illinois University Law School (Master of Law, LL, M)

1985

Attorney registration (assigned to the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)

Same year

Served at Yamashita Oshima Law Offices

1989

Served at Shearman & Sterling (New York)

1991

Yamashita Oshima Law Offices Partner

Same year

Patent agent registration

Same year

New York State Attorney Registration

1994

Established Yamamoto Sougou Law Offices

1996

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Judicial Council/Judicial Training Secretary-General

2002

Hitotsubashi University Graduate School International Corporate Strategy Department Lecturer (Management Organization Law I)

"Corporate Governance in America"

2003

Hitotsubashi University Graduate School International Corporate Strategy Department Lecturer (Management Organization Law I)

"Corporate Governance at Holding Companies"

2004

Appointed as Supreme Court Justice Training Institute Civil Defense Attorney (Term: Until January 2007)

2006

Hitotsubashi University Graduate School International Corporate Strategy Department Lecturer (Management Organization Law I)

"Corporate Governance and the Law"

2008

Established Yamamoto Shibasaki Law Offices

2009/2010

Former Law Exam Secondary Examination Committee (Code of Civil Procedure)

2012

First Vice President of Tokyo Bar Association

2014

Japan Bar Association Chairman of the Judicial Service Committee

Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center Steering Committee Chairperson

2015

Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center Chairperson

Kanto Federation of Bar Associations Standing Director

2016

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association International Interchange Committee Chairperson(through 2020)

Tokyo Family Court Mediation Committee (Current Position)

Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association Discipline Committee member

2018

Managing Director, Japan Federation of Lawyers and Politics (through 2020)

Supreme Court Justice Study Committee Secretary (Current Position)