Professional Experience and Expertise

・Jun represents Japanese and overseas clients, including manufacturing companies, banks, and start-ups.
・His practice area focuses on international transactions, merger and acquisition, data privacy law, labor and employment, real estate, and civil and commercial litigation.
・Based on his study in the U.S. and training at two different U.S. law firms, he provides legal support to Japanese companies expanding into overseas markets as well as to foreign companies expanding into the Japanese market.
・He also provides a wide range of legal services, including M&A-related matters, general corporate legal matters (dispute resolution, guidance on operation of shareholders’ meetings, legal advice on the Corporate Law and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, etc.).
・He also provides a wide range of legal services in relation to data privacy laws (Japan, GDPR in Europe, CCPA/CPRA in California, etc.), including drafting and revising privacy policies and reporting to the authorities in the event of a breach of personal information.
・Jun is native in Japanese and proficient in English.

Cases and Matters Handled

・M&A scheme analysis and legal due diligence
・Providing guidance on the operation of shareholders’ meetings for listed companies
・Legal services for start-ups (corporate, labor and employment, intellectual property, etc.)
・Compliance with data privacy laws (Japan, GDPR in Europe, CCPA/CPRA in California, etc.)
・Analysis, drafting, and negotiation of license agreements with U.S. tech-companies
・U.S. copyright cases (Fair Use, Metaverse, etc.)
・U.S. discovery in a trade secret leakage litigation
・Investigation of alleged corruption as a member of an independent committee
・Debt collection (provisional remedies, litigation, enforcement) for financial institutions, servicers, guarantee companies, consumer credit companies, etc.
・Large-scale claims for damages between listed companies
・Labor and employment cases (wrongful dismissal lawsuits, power harassment and sexual harassment negotiations and litigations, etc.)
・Real estate cases (lease contract disputes in commercial complexes, ejectment lawsuits of real estate, etc.)

Professional Career

February 2024
Admitted as an Attorney at Law in the State of New York

October 2023
Passed the New York State Bar Examination
August 2023
Come back to Chuo Sogo Law Office, P.C.
March 2023
Law Clerk at Buchalter Law Firm (Los Angeles Office)
September 2022
Foreign Legal Consultant at Jackson Walker LLP (Dallas Office)
May 2022
Graduated from University of California Los Angeles, School of Law, LL.M. (Class of 2022) (Los Angeles, CA)
Jan 2017
Joined Chuo Sogo Law Office, P.C.
Dec 2016
Completed the requisite courses at the Supreme Court’s Legal Research and Training Institute (69th class)
Registered with Osaka Bar Association

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