アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所

Dispute Resolution

International Arbitration and International Mediation

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In recent years, international arbitration involving Japanese parties has been on the rise due to the globalization of the economy and the increasing number of Japanese corporations expanding their business in emerging markets. AMT has extensive experience in international arbitration having represented clients in arbitrations concerning capital and business alliances, joint ventures, M&A, construction projects, infrastructure projects and intellectual property transactions such as licenses, distributorship/agency agreements and sales under the rules of major arbitral institutions such as the ICC, the JCAA, the AAA/ICDR, the LCIA, the SIAC, the HKIAC and the CIETAC. Over the years, AMT also has acted an arbitrator and an expert witness in numerous international arbitrations. In addition to international arbitration, the use of international mediation as an expeditious and cost efficient method for dispute resolution has often been the subject of recent discussion, partly due to Japan's accession to the Singapore Convention on Mediation. AMT has extensive experience in using international mediation. In particular, during the Covid-19 pandemic, AMT represented a client in a mediation that was conducted fully online as the first case to be administer under the JIMC-SIMC Joint Covid-19 Protocol. The protocol was established by the Singapore International Mediation Centre and the Japan International Mediation Centre to facilitate mediation during Covid-19.