Yoshimi Ohara
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Dispute Resolution: Domestic
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
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
Global
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."