Hiroyuki heads our international dispute resolution practice. He specializes in international commercial litigation and arbitration. He has represented many international clients, including manufacturers, banking and securities firms, insurance companies, and news media, in dispute resolutions involving M&A disputes, 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, co-arbitrator, or chairman, including before the ICC, JCAA, AAA-ICDR, VIAC, KCAB, and SIAC.

Hiroyuki serves as an executive director of the Japan Association of Arbitrators, was a vice-chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA Legal Practice Division, and was a Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee at the IPBA from 2016 to 2020. From 2013 to 2016, he taught international arbitration at the University of Tokyo, School of Law as 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 is a Council member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.

Recent activities

1/2021

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021: Outstanding Results for Nishimura & Asahi

Awards

12/2020

Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021: Top rankings for Nishimura & Asahi

Awards

10/2020

IPBA Webinar - ICSID & UNCITRAL Draft Code of Conduct for Adjudicators in Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Seminars

Education

1992

Harvard Law School (LL.M.)

1984

The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)

Professional experience

2018 -

Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law

2018 -

Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC

2017 - 2018

Alternate member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC

2016 -

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

2014 -

SIAC's panel of arbitrators for Intellectual Property disputes, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)

2013 - 2016

Visiting Professor (International Commercial Arbitration), School of Law at the University of Tokyo

2013 -

Member of SIAC's Court of Arbitration, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC)

2012 -

Arbitrator of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre

2011 - 2012

Lecturer, Keio Law School

2011 -

Certified arbitrator of CAA, The Chinese Arbitration Association,Taipei

2010 - 2017

Auditor of the Board, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

2010 -

Arbitrator on the Panel of Arbitrators, The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)

2009 - 2010

Examiner, The Japanese Bar Examination (Commercial Law)

2009 - 2010

Member, IBA Arbitration Committee, The Rules of Evidence Subcommittee

2008 -

Arbitrator, The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association

2008 - 2010

Lecturer, Sophia Law School

2008 - 2010

Special member, The Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice on legislation of international jurisdiction rules

2008 - 2020

Outside Statutory Auditor, Showa Denko K.K.

2007 -

Director, The Japan Association of Arbitrators

2007 - 2010

Outside Corporate Auditor, Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co., Ltd.

2007 - 2008

Vice-Chair, International Bar Association, Legal Practice Division, Arbitration Committee

2006 - 2010

Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Committee Vice-Chairperson, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

2005 - 2011

Special Member of the Financial System Council (Member of the Working Group on Reform of TOB System)

2005 - 2006

Secretary, International Bar Association, Legal Practice Division, Arbitration Committee

2003 - 2005

Coordinator of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice (Modernization of Private International Law)

1992 - 1993

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York