Kazuki Okada

Practice Areas

Labour and Employment / Dispute Resolution and Investigations / Crisis Management

Kazuki is the head of our Dispute Resolution team. He specialises in dispute resolution and employment and labour law. He has a strong domestic litigation practice and has experience in various kinds of disputes between international companies. He also has extensive experience in dealing with various trade unions in Japan. He has written a leading treatise on civil litigation and employment law in Japan. Kazuki was educated at Hitotsubashi University and the Legal Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan. He was admitted as a Japanese bengoshi (lawyer) in 1975 and is a member of the Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association and the Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure. He is a lecturer at Hitotsubashi University School of Law, including lectures on witness examination. He speaks Japanese and English.

Career

Admitted to practice in 1975 (Japan)

Tokyo Law Office (1975-1993)

Partner of Takahashi & Okada (1993-1999)

Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (1999-2017)

Partner of Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo (2017-)

Professional Memberships

Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association (1975-present)

Member of the Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure

Lecturer at Hitotsubashi University School of Law

Member of Japan Association of Corporate Executives