Mr Akira Nakazawa > Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo > Tokyo, Japan > Lawyer Profile

Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo
Shin-Tokyo Building 2F-246
3-3-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0005
Japan

Work Department

Corporate / Dispute Resolution and Investigations

Position

Partner

Career

Admitted to practice in 1997 (Japan) and in 2003 (New York)
Komatsu, Koma & Nishikawa (1997-1999)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (1999-2003)
Sidley Austin Nishikawa Foreign Law Joint Enterprise (2003-2018)
Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo (2018-)

Languages

Japanese and English

Memberships

Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (1997-present)

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1989)
The Legal Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1997)
Northwestern University School of Law (LL.M., 2002)

Lawyer Rankings

Japan > Dispute resolution: Independent local firms

The dispute resolution team at Vanguard Lawyers Tokyo offers clients assistance in JCAA arbitrations, product liability cases, defamation cases, as well as investigations. The practice is led by Kazuki Okada, who is experienced in domestic litigation and disputes between international companies. Other key names within the practice include Akira Nakazawa and Akiko Yamakawa who often handle life science regulatory disputes.