Mariko Kimoto
Mariko Kimoto

Special Counsel

Nagoya
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
Key Practice Areas
Labor and Employment
Drafting and Review of Work Rules and Employment Contracts
Workplace Harassment and Other Misconducts
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Vietnam
TEL:81-52-533-4880
/FAX:81-52-533-4772
Mariko Kimoto is primarily handling labor and employment matters as well as general corporate matters. She provides domestic and overseas clients with a wide range of legal services including representation in litigations and other dispute resolution procedures, harassment investigations, advices on compliance and other employment-related issues or matters. Besides, she regularly handles corporate transactions in Vietnam and other ASEAN countries with her experience working at a Vietnamese law firm and other public and academic organizations in Vietnam.
CAREER
Apr 1999
International Christian University (Bachelor of Arts)
Apr 2004 - Oct 2005
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
May 2011
graduate study, Columbia Law School (LL.M)
Nov 2011 - Oct 2012
Associated with LEADCO Legal Counsel, Hanoi
Nov 2012 - Mar 2014
Long Term Expert, JICA Vietnam Technical Assistance for the Legal and Judicial System Reform
Mar 2013 - Jun 2018
Secretary of Committee on International Relations, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Aug 2017 - Aug 2020
Designated Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Law Nagoya University, Research and Education Center for Japanese Law, Hanoi Law University
Oct 2020 -
Adjunct Lecturer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Law
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan (2005)
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION
Aichi Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese (first language)
English
Mariko Kimoto
Mariko Kimoto
TEL:81-52-533-4880
/FAX:81-52-533-4772
Labor and Employment
Drafting and Review of Work Rules and Employment Contracts
Workplace Harassment and Other Misconducts
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Vietnam