Aoi Inoue

Mr. Aoi Inoue is a partner and the head of the International Arbitration practice at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He specializes in international arbitration and litigation. He represents clients in a wide range of business disputes, including joint venture, construction and infrastructure projects, licensing, franchising, complex financial products, labor & employment and product liability. He has acted as counsel in a number of international arbitrations under various rules including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, AAA-ICDR, JCAA, CIETAC, VIAC and UNCITRAL. He also serves as arbitrator and has been appointed to the panel of arbitrators of the JCAA, KCAB INTERNATIONAL and Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (JSAA). He has been recognized as a leading arbitration lawyer in Lexology Index Thought Leaders: Arbitration, Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500: Asia Pacific, Best Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific.

Admitted in Japan (2004), New York (2011).

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association, SIAC Users Council, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA).

Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (co-author) (Maruzen-Yushodo, 2016); Handbook on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration Second Edition (co-author) (Juris Publishing LLC, 2025); Others.

University of Tokyo (LLB, 2001); Columbia University School of Law (LLM, 2010)