Aoi Inoue

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, distributorship, licensing, franchising, construction projects, 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, 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 Chambers and Partners, Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, The Legal 500: Asia Pacific, Best Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific. He currently serves as an Executive Director of the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC), and a Director of the Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA).

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

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association (Japan), 2004.

Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (co-author) (Maruzen-Yushodo, 2016)

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