Nishiyama Yosuke

EDUCATION

The University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, the U.S.
9/2019-6/2020
Master of Laws (LL.M, 6/2020)
Thesis: “Peer-to-Peer Payment Institutions and Privacy Notices”

The Legal Training and Research Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan 11/2014-12/2015
Certificate (12/2015)

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Tokyo, Japan 4/2012-3/2014
Juris Doctor in the field of School of Law (3/2014)

The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan 4/2008-3/2012
Bachelor of Laws (3/2012)

PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate law and mergers and acquisitions, financial regulations, cross-border investments, foreign investment, IT/Telecom, protection of personal information, anti-trust/competition, anti-corruption, consumer affairs, crisis management, corporate criminal investigations, insolvency proceeding, labor law issues.

BAR ADMISSION

12/2015 Became an officially qualified Japanese lawyer

MEMBERSHIP

12/2015-Present Daini Tokyo Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS

The Framework for Mutual and Smooth Transfer of Personal Data Between Japan and the European Union, Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune, 2019 (English)
Document

The System of Business Law – Business Transactions Law (“financial transaction part”)
Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Ltd., 464 pages, 2017, (Japanese)

Practice of Proof (“administrative litigation part”) Gyosei Corporation, 360 pages, 2016, (Japanese)

PRO BONO

10/2017-11/2018 Assisted Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network

Conducted pro bono work for the “Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network”, an organization assisting the LGBT community, preparing documents to strengthen a spouse visa application made on behalf of a non-Japanese LGBT couple.

COURSE

“Data and Policy Summer Scholar Program”, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, Chicago, Illinois, the U.S. (7/2019-8/2019)
Learning Economics, Programming, and Public Policy.

LANGUAGES

Japanese (native), English, and Spanish (basic)