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Provided by Hiroki Wakabayashi
Wakabayashi is primarily representing both Japanese and non-Japanese financial institutions, audit corporations and business corporations in transaction disputes, professional responsibility disputes, labor relation disputes and other types of disputes, based on his experience as a lawyer to date as well as a district court judge. In addition to these corporate related disputes, he also practices in the areas of inheritance and domestic relations.
Admitted in Japan (1989), New York (1994).
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association (Japan).
Recent Legislation on the IT-enablement of Civil Procedure and the Possibility of Questioning Overseas Witnesses (NBL 2024), Chambers Litigation 2026 (Japan Chapter) - Law and Practice (co-author), The “Fair Price” of the Stock in the Two-stage Cash-out Transaction (Japan Business Law Review 2024), the Chapter on professional responsibility of judges of the Law and Ethics of Jurists, 4th edition (co-author) (The University of Nagoya Press, 2019), Damage Claim against an Airline (Shin Saibanjitsumu Taikei Vol.14 (Seirin Shoin), 2025) and Others.
University of Tokyo (LLB, 1987); University of Chicago Law School (LLM, 1993)
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He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in litigation, has strong analytical and communication skills, and has deep insight into the litigation outlook, making him a very reliable counsel.
He has experience as a judge and understands the court. So, his work was safe and predictable and provided logical and clear explanations to foreign clients.
He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in litigation, has strong analytical and communication skills, and has deep insight into the litigation outlook, making him a very reliable counsel.
He has experience as a judge and understands the court. So, his work was safe and predictable and provided logical and clear explanations to foreign clients.