Lawyers' Profiles

Defence against petition for provisional disposition of suspension of issuance of new shares of Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Idemitsu side)
Filing of Corporate Reorganization of Japan Airlines (JAL)
Filing of Corporate Reorganization and Act as a Trustee of Hayashibara Group
Lawsuit concering failure of system, representing for Mizuho Securities against Tokyo Stock Exchange (appeals, appeals, and first instance)
Large Tax Litigation Related to Repo Transactions
Canon Recycling Inc. Patent Rights Infringement Litigation (Appeal)
For more, See "Major Achievement" of the firm

Japanese-English Model Work Rules [3rd Edition] (Author-Editor, Chuou-Keizaisha, 2019)
Practical Law Global Guide 2018 & 2019 : Pensions (Japan Chapter)
Japan Chapter and Asia Overview Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited International Insolvency: Group insolvency and directors' duties - 4th Edition (May 2015)
The Labour and Employee Benefits multi-jurisdictional guide(Japan Chapter) (Co-author, Practical Law Company, 2011)
PLC Cross-Border Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 2: Employee Share Plans Handbook 2010/11 (Japan Chapter) (Coauthor, Practical Law Company, 2011)
PLC Cross-border Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 1
Handbook 2009/10 (Japan Chapter) (Co-author, Practical LawCompany, 2010)

• 2022Who's Who Legal: Japan 2022 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
• 2021Chambers Asia Pacific 2022 Employment Leading Individual
• 2021Who's Who Legal: Japan 2021 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
• 2020Chambers Asia Pacific 2021 Employment Leading Individual
• 2020The Best Lawyers in Japan (Labor and Employment Law)
• 2019The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 Labour and Employment Leading Individual
• 2018Chambers Asia Pacific 2019 Employment Leading Individual
• 2018Who's Who Legal: Japan 2018 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading lawyer
• 2018Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2018 Labour & Employment Leading lawyer
• 2018The Asia Legal Awards 2018 Deal of the Year
• 2017Chambers Asia-Pacific 2018 Employment
• 2017The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2017Asialaw Profiles 2018 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
• 2017Who's Who Legal: Japan 2017 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
• 2017Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2017 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2017Chambers Asia-Pacific 2017 Employment Leading Individual
• 2016The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2016Asialaw Profiles 2017 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
• 2016Who's Who Legal: Japan 2016 Restructuring & Insolvency Leading Individual
• 2016Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2016 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2016Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016 Employment Leading Individual
• 2015The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2015Asialaw Profiles 2016 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
• 2015Who's Who Legal: Japan 2015 Insolvency & Restructuring Leading Individual
• 2015Chambers Asia-Pacific 2015 Employment Leading Individual
• 2014The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2015 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2014Asialaw Profiles 2015 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
• 2014Who's Who Legal: Japan 2014 Insolvency & Restructuring Leading Individual
• 2014Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2014 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2014Chambers Asia-Pacific 2014 Employment, Restructuring/Insolvency Leading Individual
• 2013The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2014 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2013Asialaw Profiles 2014 - The Guide to Asia-Pacific's Leading Domestic Law Firms
• 2013Chambers Asia-Pacific 2013 Employment, Restructuring/Insolvency Leading Individual
• 2012The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2013 Labour & Employment Leading Individual
• 2012PLC Which Lawyer? Employment and employee bernefits
• 2012Turnaround Atlas Awards 2012 Restructuring Leading Individual
• 2012PLC Which Lawyer? Labour & Employee Benefits
• 2012Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 Employment Leading Individual
• 2011Chambers Asia-Pacific 2011 Employment Leading Individual
• 2011IFLR Asian Awards 2011 Restructuring Leading Individual
• 2010PLC Which Lawyer? 2010 Labour & Employee Benefits
• 2009PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2009 Labour & Employee Benefits
• 2008PLC Cross-border Handbooks Labour and Employee Benefits 2008/09 Labour & Employment

Legal advice and representation on dispute over company’s management
Legal advice and representation on dispute relating to labor and employment cases
Corporate investigation and negotiation with governmental agencies relating to white-collar crime
Legal advice relating to HR matters and labor union
Compliance committee, whistle-brewer committee

Japan Chapter, KMI ANDANCORS WORKSHOP ON DISTANT WATER FISHING CREW LABOUR STANDARDS: (Co-Author, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 2021)
Japanese-English Model Work Rules [3rd Edition] (Author-Editor, Chuou-Keizaisha, 2019)
Japanese-English Model Work Rules [2nd Edition] (Co-Author, Chuou-Keizaisha, 2014)

Labor Tribunal Procedure in Japan (Co-Author, Lexology, 2022)
LGBT Update (Co-Author, Lexology, 2022)

Certificate of Appreciation, World Bank Group (2015-2018)

Disputes arising from conflicts between shareholders and management control disputes
Disputes regarding breach of duty of care and breach of fiduciary duty of directors (plaintiffs and defendants)
Disputes regarding liability of construction placer and contractor
Litigation claiming damages based on construction defects
Litigation claiming surrender of real estate (including conservation and execution)
Non-litigious cases involving land lease (claim for increase of land rent)
M&A cases (from large-scale investments to venture capital investments) both domestic and international (Brazil)
Debt collection in Japan and abroad including international arbitration in Singapore
International arbitration in London for defaults
Legal advice for venture business
Investigations of misconduct (embezzlement by directors, leakage of information, etc.)
Litigation demanding for deletion and disclosure of identification information of the sender regarding defamation on the internet.
Litigation and labor tribunal decision concerning the efficacy of dismissals (employer's side)
Negotiation and legal advice on dismissal of employees (employer's side)
Correspondence to the labor union and case seeking unfair labor practice orders for relief (employer's side)
Legal advice on anti-bribery and competition law

Advised MOJ and MOFA on an investment arbitration case against the Government of Japan based on the Hong Kong, China SAR - Japan Bilateral Investment Treaty
Advised MOJ and MOFA on WTO dispute settlement cases in which Japan was a party or a third party (DS600: European Union and certain Member states — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels and others)
Advised MOFA on the negotiation of the Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty
Helped MOFA negotiate Bilateral Investment Treaties with countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus region, and Latin America
Represented investors in a suit in capital funds established under the law of the Cayman Islands
Represented cooperative association members in a suit pursuing the liability of the directors

Lawsuit for return of crypto currency
Lawsuit for breach of contract, etc. (California law)
Drafting opinion letters (regarding duty of care, construction dispute)
Assistance with internal investigation / Litigation regarding work-related injury
Contract reviews (Japanese and English)

LGBT Update (Co-Author, Lexology, 2022)

Lawsuit concerning an LBO transaction, representing for a Japanese bank
Mediation concerning a financial transaction, representing for a Japanese bank
Different financial transactions
Legal counsel of public entities concerning their projects, in which they hired out private companies to construct / operate public entities
General corporate, such as advising companies on their new business

Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2021 (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2021 (Co-Author, 2020)
Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2020 (Japan Chapter) Getting the Deal Through - Construction 2020 (Co-Author, 2020)

• 2021Awards for contributors to the Committee for Adjustment of Construction Work Disputes
• 2016The Orders of the Sacred Treasure

Mr. HAYAKAWA has provided legal opinions and expert witness testimony in domestic and international civil litigation and commercial arbitration cases, including the following, at the request of attorneys representing the parties.
　International torts involving crypto assets
　Termination of international franchise agreements
　Binding force of long-term contracts
　Validity of wills and probate in international inheritance cases
　Interpretation and application of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
　International jurisdiction in tort cases (validity of exclusive jurisdiction agreements)
　Application of Antitrust Law to international torts
　Application of the Principle of Good Faith to international contracts

"Surrogacy in Japan", Jens M. Scherpe, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Terry Kaan ed., Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy, 2019
“L'adhésion du Japon à la Convention de La Haye sur les enlèvements d'enfants”, Beatrice Jaluzot éd., Droit japonais, droit français, Quel dialogue, Shulthess (2014)
"The CISG and its Impact on National Legal Systems -- Japan", in Franco Ferrari ed., The CISG and its Impact on National Legal Systems, sellier, 2008
"Les rapports personnels dans le droit de la famille (Contre-rapport japonais)", Societé de Legislation Comparée, La Famille au Japon et en France, Paris, 2002
"Private Law in the Era of Internet" in Jurgen Basedow, Toshiyuki Kono ed., Legal Aspects of Globalization - Conflict of Laws, Internet, Capital Markets and Insolvency in a Global Economy, Kluwer Law International (2000)
"EC competition law in perspective of EC integration", in Law and Integration of Europe: Challenges towards the 21st Century (Proceedings of International Symposium), The Institute of Legal Studies Kansai University, 1994

“Japanese Perspective on Legal Issues of International Surrogacy”, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.65(2022)
"The United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods and its Incidents of National Contract Law", University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics, vol.7 (2010)　
"International Aspects of Family Maintenance Law in Japan", Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.52(2010)
"Thoughts on Non-Smoker's Rights in Japan", 9 KANSAI UNIVERSITY REVIEW OF LAW AND POLITICS 37-50, 1988