Yoshimi Ohara
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution: Domestic
Email address
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0081 (3) 6889 7146Share profile
Band 1
About
Provided by Yoshimi Ohara
Practice Areas
Dispute resolution, IP and IT
Career
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan (April 1992-Present), Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington D.C., USA (1996), Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, D.C., USA (2003-2004), Adjunct Lecturer at Keio University Law School, Tokyo, Japan (2014-present)
Professional Memberships
International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Governing Board member (2018-present), Swiss Arbitration Association, Board member (2017-present), Japan Association of Arbitrators, Executive Director (2020-present), Mumbai Centre For International Arbitration (MCIA), Council member (2021-present), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Council member (2023-), The LCIA, Vice President (2013-2015), ICC International Court of Arbitration, Vice President (2015-2021)
Publications
Global Arbitration Review- The Asia -Pacific Arbitration Review 2012-2024 Japan Chapter (Law Business Research Limited.), Asia Arbitration Handbook Japan Chapter (Co-author) (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Personal
Harvard Law School (1996, LL. M.), University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (1990, LLB)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Yoshimi Ohara focuses her practice on assisting international and Japanese corporations with investor-state arbitration cases brought against government entities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Yoshimi Ohara is considered one of the few world-class lawyers in Japan in the field of international investment arbitration."
"Yoshimi Ohara is considered one of the few world-class lawyers in Japan in the field of international investment arbitration."