IPBA 2021

Aoi Inoue

Partner
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Tokyo

Aoi Inoue is a partner and co-head of international arbitration at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He specializes in international arbitration and litigation. He represents clients in a wide range of business disputes, including sales of goods, joint venture, distributorship, licensing, franchising, construction projects, complex financial products, labor & employment and product liability.

He has acted as counsel in a number of international arbitrations under various rules including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, JCAA, VIAC and UNCITRAL. He also serves as arbitrator and has been appointed to the panel of arbitrators of the JCAA, KCAB INTERNATIONAL and Japan Sports Arbitration Agency (JSAA). He has been recognized as a leading arbitration lawyer in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2021, Who’s Who Legal: Japan, The Legal 500: Asia Pacific, Best Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific.

He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), and Chair of the Research & Study Committee of the Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA).

Aoi Inoue also acts for overseas clients seeking to expand their business and operations into Japan through international franchising. His support includes structuring, negotiating and drafting international direct franchise agreements, international master franchise agreements and joint venture agreements. He has been nominated for inclusion in Who’s Who Legal: Japan’s list of recognized franchise lawyers.

Aoi Inoue received his LLB from the University of Tokyo, and holds an LLM from Columbia Law School. He is admitted to practice in Japan and New York. He worked for Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, a New York law firm, as a visiting attorney (2010 to 2011) before he resumed his position at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. He co-authored Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration (Maruzen-Yushodo, 2016).