Akira Kawamura
Of Counsel/Advisor
Tokyo
LEGAL AWARDS
The Best Lawyers in Japan™・Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Japan™ (2025 Edition)
The Best Lawyers in Japan™ 2024
Best Lawyers 2023
Nov 15, 2012 Awarded the decoration of the Order of the Rising Sun in the 2012
Key Practice Areas
International Arbitration and International Mediation
International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes
Corporate Governance
International Trade
Russia/CIS
TEL:81-3-6775-1004
/FAX:81-3-6775-2004
SERVICES
Practice Areas
Corporate
M&A
Finance and Financial Institutions
Real Estate
Intellectual Property
Competition/Antitrust
Dispute Resolution
International Practice
International Trade
RELATED INSIGHTS
CAREER
1965
Kyoto Univeristy (LL.B.)
1986
Vice President, Daini Tokyo Bar Association
1998
Visiting Professor, Kyoto Univeristy (Faculty of Law, Apr 1998 - Mar 2002, Apr 2004 - Mar 2006)
2002 - Present
Outside Director, McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.
Apr 2004 - Mar 2006
Lecturer, Chuo Univeristy (Graduate School of Law)
2005 - Present
Registered Arbitrator, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC)
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
Secretary General, International Bar Association
2007 - 2017
Member of the Ethics Committee, The Japanese Cancer Association
Jan 2009 - Dec 2010
Vice President, International Bar Association
Jan 2011 - Dec 2012
President, International Bar Association
Mar 2013 - Jul 2021
President, Japan Association of Arbitrators
Jan 2014 - Present
Expert Panel, P.R.I.M.E Finance
2014 - 2017
Member of the Ethics Commission, International Association of Athletics Federation （IAAF）
May 2016 - Present
Co-chair, Russia Japan Lawyers Council
Nov 2017 - Present
Member of World Athletics Disciplinary and Appeals Tribunal (August 2023 – Reappointed under new organization name)
2018 - 2020
Director, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center
2020 - 2023
Vice Chair-Advisory Board, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center
Aug 2021 - Present
Advisor, Japan Association of Arbitrators
Aug 2023 - Present
Chair-Advisory Board, Japan International Dispute Resolution Center
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (1967)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Daini Tokyo Bar Association
International Bar Association
Japan Association of Arbitrators
Russia-Japan Lawyers Council
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
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Akira Kawamura
TEL:81-3-6775-1004
/FAX:81-3-6775-2004
International Arbitration and International Mediation
International Litigation and Cross-Border Disputes
Corporate Governance
International Trade
Russia/CIS
Kawamura Akira
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