Toranomon Chuo Law Firm

Our Team

Attorney at LawIssei YAMAMOTO

Professional and Academic Associations:Tokyo Bar Association

Issei Yamamoto has assisted his clients in M&A transactions, labor and employment, and general corporate. Since he practices a lot of knowledge and cases about M&A transactions, he always provides high-quality and practical advice about them. And he helps his clients to get good assaults about employment litigations and dispute resolutions. Furthermore, he had worked in Vietnam (Ho chi minh City) to support Japanese companies doing business in local markets and is also working in Hong Kong. So, he is familiar with legal practices about transactions with the local companies in Vietnam or Hong Kong.

March 2007The University of Tokyo (LL.B )
March 2009The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D.)
December 2010Admitted to the bar and joined TRC
October 2016Seconded to CFN Lawyers in associated with Broad & Bright (Hong Kong)
October 2018Returned and resume working at TRC

Industry Sectors of Main Clients

Trading companies, Real estate companies, Manufacturing companies, Construction companies, Telecommunications carriers, Engineering companies, Leasing companies, Shipping companies, Computer and video game software development companies・Amusement and commercial facility management companies, Information and Technology companies, E-commerce companies, Printing companies, Automobile sales companies, Food product companies

Main Practice Areas

  • Corporate matters(M&A, Restructuring of organization, Corporate governance, Shareholders’ meeting)/Labor and Employment(General labor law, Labor Tribunal Committee relations, Labor unions, Labor Standards Inspection Office relations, Layoff / Workforce reduction)
  • Litigation / Dispute resolution(Civil litigation, Commercial non-contentious case procedures, Arbitration and other Alternative dispute resolution procedures)/Risk / Crisis Management(Investigations of unlawful acts, Handling whistle-blowing)/Real Estate(Real estate management, Sales and Purchase / Leasing of real estate, Subleasing, Real estate financing)/Competition law(Antitrust law, Subcontract law)/Financing arrangements(Initial Public Offering)/International Affairs(International M&A, International arbitration, Drafting and reviewing contracts)/Criminal case

Principal Activities

April 2020 –Member of Special Committee of labor and employment, Tokyo Bar Association
February 2013 –Member of Meeting of Management Lawyers Council
October 2012 – March 2018Member of Special Committee of labor and employment, Tokyo Bar Association

Principal Publications

  • “Lectures on Labor Management for Managers” (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc.,2016)
  • “Case Study of practical resolutions of Japanese labour disputes ”(2015)
  • “The Handbook of Legal Practice in Financial Service for Customer Satisfaction - the Elderly, Inheritance, Minor, Adaption, Foreign National and Divorce ” (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2015)
  • “New legal manual in Japanese labour disputes, 3rd Edition” (Gyousei Co., Ltd, 2014)
  • “Securing Reliable Measures against Sexual and Power Harassment in the Workplace” (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2013)
  • “Lectures on Labor Management for Branch Managers” #2, #9, #17, #21, #29, #38 Issues in Financial Law (Kinzai Institute for Financial Affairs, Inc., 2012-2016)