Isomi SUZUKI
Major Areas of Practice
Dispute Resolution (Court, Arbitration, Mediation), Corporate Practice (Governance, Compliance), Merger and Acquisition, Insolvency and Reorganization, and International Commercial Transaction
Personal History
- 1973
- Hitotsubashi University (LL.B.)
- 1975
- Admitted to Japanese Bar, joined Koga & Partners
- 1978
- University of California, Berkeley (on Fulbright) (LL.M.)
- 1981
- Admitted to New York Bar
- 1998-2005
- Commissioner, United Nations Security Council Compensation Commission
- 2002-2005
- Chair, Committee of the Resolution and Collection Corporation on Review of Reorganization and Rehabilitation of Debtors
- 2005-2008
- Executive General Counsel of the Resolution and Collection Corporation
- 2003-2005
- Chair, Committee on E-commerce and Private International Law, Fair Trade Center
- 2003-2011
- Chair, Committee of Japan Federation of Bar Associations on Enactment of Laws concerning Private International Law and International Jurisdiction
- 2005-2009
- President, Committee of Japan Federation of Bar Associations on International Human Rights
- 2006
- Expert witness on Enactment of Private International Law for the House of Representatives Judicial Committee of the 164th session of the Diet of Japan
- 2008-2021
- Member of Board Directors, the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law
- 2008-
- Member of Executive Committee, Representative of Japan (2008 - 2013 Vice-President, 2013 – 2015 President, 2022 – Advisory Board) the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA)
- 2008-
- Executive Director, Vice President, the Friends of LAWASIA for Association in Japan
- 2011-
- Executive Commissioner, Center for Alternative Disputes Resolution regarding Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2014 – Advisor)
- 2014-
- Court appointed conciliator of Tokyo Family Court
- 2014-2018
- President, Council on International Activities of Japan Federation of Bar Associations
- 2014-2021
- Panel of Arbitrators, designated by the Government of Japan, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- 2015-
- Director, Japan Association of Arbitrators (2021 – Executive Director)
- 2016
- Expert witness on ISDS clause of Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty for the House of Representatives Special Committee of TPP of the 192nd session of the Diet of Japan
- 2016-2022
- Chairperson, Review Board on Framework of Compensation arising out of the extended transfer of Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- 2018-
- Chair, Working Group of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on International Commercial/Investment Arbitration/ADR
- 2021-
- Panel of Conciliators designated by the government of Japan for ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes)
Languages
Japanese, English
Major Publications
- Promotion and Challenge of the Mediation on Investment Disputes (JCA Journal, 2022)
- “A Case where an application for interim measure was dismissed because of facts arising after the application was filed” (JCA Journal, 2019)
- “Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration” (Maruzen-Yushodo, 2016)
- “Activities by Japanese Lawyers in the Asia Pacific Region” (Liberty and Justice”, September 2014)
- “ISDS as one of Issues in the Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiation” (Horitsu-Jiho, July 2014)
- “Bifurcation of Arbitration Proceeding in Philippe Morris v. Australia” (JCA Journal, March, 2014)
- “Lehman Bankruptcy and a Japanese Creditor-Equitable Subordination” (Journal of Banking and Finance, 2012)
- “Jurisdiction and judicial acceptability of the ICSID tribunal of mass compensation claims” (JCA Journal, August 2012)
- “New Legislation on International Jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts – Practitioners’ Perspective” (Co-author, NBL 2012)
- “Corporate Reorganization – The Role played by Regional Financial Institutions in light of the cases dealt with by the Resolution and Collection Corporation” (Co-author, Gyosui, 2012)
- “Compensation for Violation of Fair and Equitable Treatment Obligation – Business Loss and Mental Damages” (JCA Journal, 2011)
- “Approach to the Human Rights Matters in the Asia Pacific Region” (Liberty and Justice, 2011)
- “Growth of Asian Business and the Design of Regional Mediation and Arbitration Center” (NBL, 2010)
- “Standard of Confidential Obligation in the Investment Treaty Arbitration” (JCA Journal, 2010)
- “Exploitation by the Intervention by the Domestic Court of the ICC Arbitration Award” (JCA Journal, 2010)
- “Facilitating the Emergence of the Failed Corporation by the Restructuring and Access to the Business by Financial Institutions” (Journal of Financial Institutions, 2009)
- “Study of RCC Cases on workout of Failed Corporations” (Co-author, Financial Journal, 2008)
- “Collaboration between RCC and Regional Financial Institutions on Work-out of Failed Corporations” (Financial Journal, 2008)
- “Standards of Corporate Social Responsibilities” (Co-author, Shoji-Home, 2003)
- “Corporate Rehabilitation under RCC Approach” (Co-author, Financial Journal, 2003)
- “I Cannot Take a Memo at the Court Room” (Co-author, Yuhikaku, 1992)
- “Parker Joedel Report on Criminal Justice in Japan” (Co-translator, Horitsujiho, 1989)
- “Commentary on Arbitration Law” (Co-author, Seirin Shoten, 1989)
- “Litigation in US of the JAL Airplane Crash Case” (Hogaku Seminor, 1987)
- “Law and Practice of Investment and Business Transaction in US” (Co-author, Toyo Keizai, 1981)
- “Application of Japanese Law under Article 7, Paragraph 1 of Horei (the Code of Private International Law)” (Jurist, 1982)
- Article 403 of Civil Code and Foreign Monetary Obligation (Jurist, 1976)