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Kensuke Otsuki

Kensuke Otsuki

Partner
Tokyo Office
TEL:
81-3-6775-1158
FAX:
81-3-6775-2158

Kensuke Otsuki has provided advice to domestic and foreign clients focused on employment and labor-related law, such as human resources and labor management, labor litigation, labor tribunal and other employment/labor disputes.

He has also engaged in practices related to mergers and acquisitions, general corporate (e.g., advising and attending shareholders’ meetings), and litigation and dispute resolutions.

Otsuki Kensuke
Practice Areas Practice Groups Background Publications Professional Admissions Professional and Academic Associations Languages

Practice Areas

Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment Disputes Labor Unions Dealing with the Regulators Harassment Severance Matters Labor and Employment Issues Associated with Corporate Restructuring Working Conditions including Salary, Retirement Allowance, and Pension Safety and Well-being of Employees including Mental Health Issues Executive (Board Members and Auditors) Issues Non-regular Employment Drafting and Review of Work Rules and Employment Contracts Social Insurance and Labor Insurance Immigration-related Services Labor and Employment Law Compliance
Dispute Resolution
General Commercial Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution Labor and Employment Disputes
Corporate
Corporate Governance Shareholders' Meetings and Relationships with Shareholders
Government Investigations and Crisis Management
Internal investigations and organizing third-party committees Media control and public relations

Topics

Books
Sep 2024
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice (Sixth Edition)
Newsletters
Jun 2024
Labor and Employment Law Bulletin - Amendment of Status of Residence Regarding Digital Nomads
Media
May 2024
The Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court found that in a case in which a lower court’s decision that the case did not fall under “Difficult to calculate working hours” as defined in Article 38-2(1) of the Labor Standards Act, in regards to work performed outside the workplace by an instructor of a supervising organization related to technical intern training for foreigners, was illegal

Practice Groups

  • Labor Law Group
  • Dispute Resolution Group

Background

2005 The University of Kyoto (LL.B.)
2014 Fordham University School of Law (LL.M)
Sep 2014 - May 2015 Worked for McDermott Will & Emery, Paris

Publications

Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice (Sixth Edition) Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2024
Labor and Employment Law Bulletin - Amendment of Status of Residence Regarding Digital Nomads AMT Newsletters
Jun 2024
The Third Petty Bench of the Supreme Court found that in a case in which a lower court’s decision that the case did not fall under “Difficult to calculate working hours” as defined in Article 38-2(1) of the Labor Standards Act, in regards to work performed outside the workplace by an instructor of a supervising organization related to technical intern training for foreigners, was illegal Shojihomu Portal
May 2024
Labor and Employment Law Bulletin - Obligation to Provide “Reasonable Accommodation” in Accordance with Amendments to Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities AMT Newsletters
Apr 2024
Labor and Employment Law Bulletin - Requirement of Explicit Indication of Terms and Conditions of Employment Pursuant to Amendments to the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act AMT Newsletters
Mar 2024
Introduction to Japanese Business Law & Practice Fifth Edition Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nov 2021
Essential Points of Japan M&A Practice (Second Edition) Shoji Homu Co., Ltd.
Jun 2018
Japan – Employment Law Review 2017 Ius Laboris
Apr 2018
The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Employment & Labour Law 2016 (Japan Chapter) The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Employment & Labour Law 2016
Mar 2016
ANALYSIS Take Over Bid Shojihomu
Sep 2009

Professional Admissions

  • Japan (2007)
  • New York (2014 passed) (Not registered as a New York lawyer)

Professional and Academic Associations

  • Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
  • Management Lawyers Council

Languages

  • Japanese (first language)
  • English