Hiroyuki Tezuka

Practice Areas

International Arbitration, International Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution,

Corporate Disputes, Securities Litigation/Disputes Related to Financial Products,

IP Litigation, PL Litigation, Insurance Related Disputes, Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Career

Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Professional Memberships

Admitted: Japan, 1986; New York, 1993.

Publications

“Rise of Hybrid Arbitration/Mediation in the Era of the Singapore Mediation Convention,” International Arbitration: When East Meets West - Liber Amicorum Michael Moser, Kluwer Law International, 2020;

“Exploring the future of commercial dispute resolution in Asia: Accelerating efficiency and effectiveness in ADR,” Asian Journal of Law and Society, Cambridge University Press, 2022;

“Arbitrability of IP Disputes,” The Guide to IP Arbitration – Second Edition, Global Arbitration Review, Law Business Research, 2022;

“Japan” (chapter), Post-award Interest in the Asia-Pacific, Kluwer Law International, 2023

Personal

Hiroyuki heads N&A’s international dispute resolution practice. He specializes in international commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He has represented many international clients, including multi-national manufacturers, banking and securities firms, insurance companies, and news media in disputes involving M&A, antitrust laws, corporate governance, insurance laws, intellectual property, defamation, joint ventures, licensing, construction, and other commercial matters, as well as international bankruptcy. He has been involved in a number of international arbitrations as counsel, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator (including chair) before the ICC, JCAA, AAA-ICDR, VIAC, KCAB, and SIAC.

Hiroyuki serves as Vice President of the Japan Association of Arbitrators and as Chief Director of the Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto, was Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA Legal Practice Division, and was Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee at the IPBA from 2016 to 2020. From 2013 to 2016, he taught international arbitration and international dispute resolution at the University of Tokyo, School of Law as a visiting professor. Since 2013, he has been a member of the SIAC’s Court of Arbitration. He is also a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, and since 2018, he has been a Council member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.

Experience

2023- Chief Director, Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto (JIMC-Kyoto);

2021- Vice President, Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA);

2020- Member, Task Force on “ADR and Arbitration” of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);

2018- Council Member, ICC Institute of World Business Law;

2016- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb);

2013- Member, SIAC Court of Arbitration, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC);

2013-2016 Visiting Professor (International Commercial Arbitration), University of Tokyo, School of Law

Languages Spoken

Japanese, English

Education

Awards