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Mr Mugi Sekido

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Litigation, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Regulatory,Crisis Management

Career

Admitted to practice in 1998 (Japan) and in 2005 (New York); with Mori Hamada and Matsumoto (previously Mori Sogo, 1998-present); Partner of Mori Hamada and Matsumoto (2007-present); with Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston (2004-2005); Member of Civil Litigation Practice Committee, Tokyo District Court (2007-2019); Chair of Civil Practice Division, Legal System Research Group,Daini Tokyo Bar Association(2008-2012); Member of International Bar Association (2009-present); Member of Civil Litigation Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2009-2019); Member of “Working Group on Unfair Deprivation of Profit and Class Actions”, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2011-2015); Member of Inter-Pacific Bar Association(2011-present); Member of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2012-present); Chair of Litigation Practice Division, Legal System Research Group, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2012-2018); Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (2013-present); Vice Chair of “Working Group on Consumer Class Actions”, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2013-2015); Deputy Secretary General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2016-present); Vice Chair of the Civil Litigation Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations (2016-2018); Users Council of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (2016-present); Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) (2018-present); Member of Tokyo Chambers(2019-present); Advisory Board Member of Japan International Dispute Resolution Center(2020-present); Member of the Japan Commercial Arbitration Journal Editorial Committee, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association(2021-present); Co-chairperson of the Committee on International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Japan Association of Arbitrators (2021-present); Director of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2022-present)

Languages

Japanese and English

Memberships

Daini Tokyo Bar Association (1998-present); New York State Bar Association (2005-present).

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1996), The University of Chicago Law School (LL.M., 2004).