Registration in Japan
Registered Foreign Lawyer (The Laws of England & Wales) (October 1991-April 2002, February 2011-April 2011 and April 2024-current)
* Atsumi & Sakai is not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales.
Admitted
Solicitor admitted in England & Wales (1978)
Bar Association
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Education
University of Cambridge (BA/MA Law, 1975)
- Awarded Squire Law Scholarship (1974)
- Cambridge University Tapp Postgraduate Scholar in Law (1975)
Background
Ashurst, London and Tokyo (1986-2010)
Clifford Chance, Tokyo (2010-2011)
Simpson Kitchin LLP, London (2011-2024)
Member
Chairman, Law Asia Committee on Energy and Infrastructure (2002-2012)
Seminars
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Chairman of many international conferences including on international trade with the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association
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Lecturer on international trade at Stanford University
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Speaker with Boris Johnson then Mayor of London on investment into the UK
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Chairman of conferences on project finance with Japan Institute for Overseas Investment