Yamamoto Shibasaki Law Office

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.

	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)