Kenichi Yasuda：Attorney Admitted in Japan and New York

Brief biography

1982

Born in Nara
Graduated from Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
Graduated from Kyoto University Law School

2010

Registered as a practicing attorney (completed legal training at Legal Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court)
Joined Dojima Law Office

2013～2016

Work as part-time in-house counsel for Edion Corporation (Retail Company Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

2016.3

with Gallant　Y.T.　Ho&Co（HongKong）

2017.5

Graduated from New York University School of Law (LL.M.)

2017.7～

Work at East&Concord Partners (Beijing, China)

2018.4

2018.3

Admitted to the New York state bar and registered as a New York attorney

2018.5〜2019.1

Work at Mitsui&Co., (Thailand) Ltd. (Subsidiary of Mitsui&Co., Trading and Investment Company Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

2019.2

Transferred to Dojima Law Office L.P.C.

2022.1

Audit and Supervisory Board Member of International Systems Research Co.

2023.9

Received his Ph.D. (Law) in Kobe University Graduate School of Law

　

Main practice areas

International Business Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Labor Law, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Supporting International Company Group's Business in Japan, General Civil Cases, Bankruptcy, Administrative Law

Qualifications positions/Bar Association and other organizations

• Ph.D. (Law)
• Certified Internal Auditor
• Certified Fraud Examiner
• Member of Academy for International Business Transactions
• Member of the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law
• Member of Committee on International Relations of Japan　Federation of Bar Associations
• Committee member, Corporate Law (Joint Venture Agreement) Research Project for Asia-Pacific Countries, Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice
• Member of Osaka Prefecture town management foundation External Auditor Selection Committee(2013)
• Member of JAPAN MENSA

Activities in legal counsel teams

• Member of KANSAI Defense Counsel Group for The FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Power Plants accident victims in East JAPAN Great Earthquake

Major Publications

• Update Chinese Law Practice (Editor and author, Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs,Inc., 2024)
• Laws and Practices of Joint Venture in Four Southeast Asian Countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam- (Co-author, Shoji Homu, 2021)
• Recent important law revisions in China No.3 Intellectual Property (1) (Co-author Business Law 2021-11, p112, Chuo-Keizai)
• What is the entity with well-developed governance (Banking Law Journal 21 2021-8, p40, Economic Legal Research Institute)
• New Entity Form in Japan: Possibility of "Workers' Cooperative" (Business Law 2021-8, p4, Chuo-Keizai)
• The case where the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China presented its opinion that the governing law of an arbitration clause in a contract does not always accord with the governing law of such contract (Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal)
• Plans and Actions for Middle-Small Companies' General Shareholders Meeting under the Crisis Situation (Monthly General Affairs)
• Revision to Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Monthly General Affairs)
• Course for General Affairs Division: Basic knowledge of Compliance (Monthly General Affairs)
• China Precedents 100 The case where supreme court of China judged "fundamental breach of contract" under United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Vol.48, No.3 2020 p.412 The Japanese Institute of International Business Law)
• Important Points of the Amendment of the Civil Code (Monthly General Affairs)
• Tactics for "Same Salary for Same Work" Rule in Japan (Monthly General Affairs)
• Key Points for International Business Contracts (“Monthly General Affairs” Website)
• How to Defend the Company? Key Points for Employment（” Entrepreneurship Notebook” Website）
• Preservation and Collection of Claims Manual with practical experience of PIC (co-author, Business Law 2019-11, p54, Chuo-Keizai)
• Labor Law Precedents for Attorneys (co-author, Osaka Attorneys Cooperative Association, 2019)
• Q&A: Collecting Claims and Dealing Bankruptcy after the Earthquake (Co-author and editor,DOJIMA Law Office, Shoji Homu, 2011)

Languages

Japanese・ English ・Chinese (Mandarin)