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Speaking engagement: Special Event for "Justice Affairs Diplomacy" Ministerial Forum

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Speaking engagement: Special Event for "Justice Affairs Diplomacy" Ministerial Forum

Date
July 6, 2023
Venue
Hotel New Otani Tokyo

Hiroyuki Tezuka served as a moderator for a panel discussion entitled “ADR = Appropriate Dispute Resolution – Sharing the Singapore Experience and the Japan Perspective,” jointly hosted by the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). The panel was held as part of the special events for the "Justice Affairs Diplomacy" Ministerial Forum, in connection with the themes for the ASEAN-Japan Special Meeting of Justice Ministers, which was held in Tokyo on July 6, 2023.

Speakers

手塚 裕之

Hiroyuki heads our international dispute resolution practice. He specializes in international commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation. He has represented many international clients, including multi-national manufacturers, banking and securities firms, insurance companies, and news media in disputes involving M&A, antitrust laws, corporate governance, insurance laws, intellectual property, defamation, joint ventures, licensing, construction, and other commercial matters, as well as international bankruptcy. He has been involved in a number of international arbitrations as counsel, sole arbitrator, and co-arbitrator (including chair) before the ICC, JCAA, AAA-ICDR, VIAC, KCAB, and SIAC.
Hiroyuki serves as Vice President of the Japan Association of Arbitrators and as Chief Director of the Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto, was Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA Legal Practice Division, and was Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee at the IPBA from 2016 to 2020. From 2013 to 2016, he taught international arbitration and international dispute resolution at the University of Tokyo, School of Law as a visiting professor. Since 2013, he has been a member of the SIAC’s Court of Arbitration. He is also a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, and since 2018, he has been a Council member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.