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Welcome to the ALB Japan In-House Legal Summit 2024

    DATE              Thursday, 18 April 2024

    TIME                Registration: 9.00am. 

                                      Event: 09.50am to 5.00pm 

     VENUE             Hilton Tokyo

                                   〒160-0023　東京都 新宿区 西新宿6-6-2

                                   6-6-2 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 160 0023

                         

                       

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SPEAKERS

Kaori Sugimoto, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Kaori Sugimoto is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. Her practice focuses on international dispute resolution including international arbitration as well as international construction & infrastructure project. She has extensive experience in negotiation or drafting of contracts for international construction and infrastructure projects, particularly those involving Japanese companies in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. She is proficient in international arbitration, with a focus on resolving construction-related disputes, in which she frequently serves as legal counsel. She is currently a member of ENAA (Engineering Advancement Association of Japan) and ECFA (Engineering and Consulting Firms Association).

 

Claire Chong, Counsel, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Singapore LLP

Claire Chong is a dispute resolution lawyer focusing on international arbitration.

She is experienced in complex, cross-border commercial disputes across a wide range of sectors, including energy and construction, international trade and distribution, joint ventures, M&A, and healthcare.

Claire has represented clients in arbitrations conducted under major institutional rules including the ICC, AAA/ICDR, ICSID, HKIAC, and SIAC rules.

Claire has practiced with the arbitration team of a US international law firm where she advised clients on investment and public international law issues. She previously practiced with a leading Singapore law firm, assisting Senior Counsel in disputes before the Singapore courts.”

 

 

Justin Ee, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Singapore LLP

Justin Ee is a Singapore-qualified attorney with broad-based experience in commercial disputes and advisory work. He advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters in the construction and infrastructure, banking, insurance, services and sale of goods sectors, among others, as well as other corporate and commercial disputes and matters. He has represented his clients as lead counsel in negotiations and various forms of dispute resolution processes including litigation, arbitration, adjudication, neutral evaluation and mediation, and has experience in a diverse spectrum of projects ranging from hospitals, commercial and industrial complexes, airports/hangars and power plants to district cooling, railway and tunneling projects.

 

 

Kenji Ogama, Regional Director for North & Southeast Asia, Jalubro Consulting Ltd.

Kenji Ogama serves as the Regional Director for North & Southeast Asia at Jalubro Consulting Ltd., bringing over 16 years of diverse and specialized expertise in the Legal Tech, eDiscovery, and Forensic sectors across the globe. His deep-rooted experience in leveraging technology to address challenges has been instrumental in enhancing the value, performance, and efficiency of projects for globally renowned brands and government agencies. Fluent in Japanese and English, Kenji's international experience and multicultural understanding enable him to effectively bridge the gap between technological solutions and legal requirements. At the forefront of legal technology innovation, Kenji continues to inspire with his vision for a more efficient and technology-driven legal sector.

 

Jun Kashio, Of Counsel, Atsumi & Sakai

Jun Kashio is an attorney at law in Japan and is licensed in New York, as well.  He worked as a Deputy Counselor at the Secretariat: Cabinet Office Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters in the Cabinet Office from 2017 to 2020, where he was in charge of intellectual property issues in the digital area, including AI, internet broadcasting, and anti-piracy.

Besides his practice, he translates foreign legal literature.  His recent publications include a Japanese translation of the last publication by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

 

Takashi Kobayashi, Geographic Compliance & Corporate - Legal Lead, Japan

Takashi Kobayashi is the Legal Lead for Japan Geographic Compliance & Corporate of Accenture. He oversees compliance, regulatory and corporate governance issues in Japan. In addition to traditional compliance issues such as anti-corruption, data privacy and competition, he now focuses on ethical issues in new technologies such as AI.

Prior to joining Accenture in 2017, he was a senior associate of Freshfields’ Tokyo office　where he supported domestic and international clients in investigation, dispute and other compliance matters. He is a co-author of “Understanding to Global Arbitration” (Shoji-homu), “Understanding to Global Investigation” (Shoji-homu), “Legal and Risk Management for New Directors and Officers” (Shoji-homu) and others.

 

Sayo Takizawa, Managing Director, Legal and Compliance, Blackstone

Sayo Kondo Takizawa is a Managing Director in the Legal & Compliance Group of Blackstone and is based in Tokyo.  Prior to joining Blackstone in 2016, Ms. Takizawa worked at the law firms of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP in the Mergers & Acquisitions group in New York and Tokyo.

Ms. Takizawa received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude, and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.