Partner

Morrison & Foerster

1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104-0012

TEL: (212) 468-8000
FAX: (212) 468-7900

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  human resource management; Japanese corporations in the US; joint ventures; labor and labor relations; mergers and acquisitions; personnel training
• LANGUAGE
  translation (legal, medical, scientific, technical)
• LAW
  commercial law; corporate law; dispute resolution; general representation of Japanese in US; immigration labor law; labor law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate, Partner, Kelley, Drye & Warren, 1983-89; Associate, Miller, Montgomery, Sogi & Brady, 1977-83; Foreign Law Advisor and Associate, Whitman & Ransom, 1974-77; Associate, Logan, Okamoto & Takashima, 1972-73.

IN US: 1973-present - study, employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Practical Guide to US Investment for Medium and Small Japanese Enterprises (Small Business Association, 1992); Legal Manual for Japanese Corporations Doing Business in the USA (Yuhikaku Publishing Company, 1987); A Practical Guide to US Law for Japanese Businessmen (Yugikaku Publishing Company, 1984); "Majority Ownership Strategies for Japan," Pacific Basin Law Journal (University of California Press, 1982).