Practical Law Global Guide 2017: Arbitration (Japan Chapter)

Hiroyuki heads our international dispute resolution practice. He specializes in international commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He has represented many international clients, including multi-national manufacturers, banking and securities firms, insurance companies, and news media in disputes involving M&A, antitrust laws, corporate governance, insurance laws, intellectual property, defamation, joint ventures, licensing, construction, and other commercial matters, as well as international bankruptcy. He has been involved in a number of international arbitrations as counsel, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator (including chair) before the ICC, JCAA, AAA-ICDR, VIAC, KCAB, and SIAC.
Hiroyuki serves as Vice President of the Japan Association of Arbitrators and as Chief Director of the Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto, was Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA Legal Practice Division, and was Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee at the IPBA from 2016 to 2020. From 2013 to 2016, he taught international arbitration and international dispute resolution at the University of Tokyo, School of Law as a visiting professor. Since 2013, he has been a member of the SIAC’s Court of Arbitration. He is also a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, and since 2018, he has been a Council member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.

Azusa has been based in N&A’s NY Office since its opening in 2018. Her practice focuses on international arbitration under a wide variety of arbitral rules and often involves complex commercial litigation. As a resident of New York, she often engages in legal proceedings in the US, such as those concerning contractual disputes, M&A-related disputes, consumer litigation including class actions and product liability litigation, and labor disputes involving Japanese companies. Azusa has advised multinational companies in diverse industries, including the pharmaceuticals, automobile, insurance, aviation, construction, solar energy, telecommunications, and electronics fields. She has extensive experience with court proceedings in Japan relating to domestic litigation, arbitration, and multi-jurisdictional disputes. She also assists clients with crisis management matters, including internal investigations, product recalls, and cyber incidents in the United States. Based on her extensive practice experience in both Japan and the United States, she provides timely and thorough support to Japanese companies doing business in the United States.

Motonori’s practice focuses on domestic and international commercial disputes in diverse industries. In addition to domestic commercial litigation, he has extensive experience with international litigation in various jurisdictions, including United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and South America. He also advises on disputes related to a variety of commercial insurance policies, including directors' and officers' liability insurance (D&O insurance), property and business interruption insurance, representations and warranties insurance (M&A insurance), and credit insurance.