Solicitor, Admitted in Hong Kong and England & Wales, Registered Foreign Lawyer (GJB) Hisako Matsuda

Registered Foreign Lawyer, Japan (Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi, 2004)
Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Admitted as Solicitor, the High Court of Hong Kong (1997), the Supreme Court of England and Wales, U.K.(1999)
The Law Society of Hong Kong, The Law Society (England & Wales), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow (FCIArb), CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) Accredited Mediator, ArbitralWomen, Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) JAPAN Arbitration Committee


Location ： Tokyo Office

Practice Areas

      Education & Professional Experience

      Queen Mary University of London (Postgraduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration) (PG Dip International Commercial Arbitration)

      University of London (MSc (Finance and Financial Law))

      University of Hong Kong Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (P.C.LL.)

      University of London (LL.B.)

      Activities

      ・Arbitration and International Dispute Resolution

      2022 -
      Member of Arbitration Committee of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) JAPAN

      2018 -
      Resident Mediators of The Japan International Mediation Center in Kyoto (JIMC-Kyoto)

      2018
      Specialist Mediators of Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC)


      ・Board Member/Audit & Supervisory Board Member

      2019 -
      Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Astroscale Holdings Inc.

      2013 - 2017
      Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Sunstar Inc.
      Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Sunstar Engineering Inc.


      ・University Lecturer

      April 2022 -
      Chuo Law School [Graduate School of Law in Chuo University]
      Visiting Professor

      April 2020 -
      The Institute of Comparative Law in Japan
      Contract Researcher

      2019 -
      Graduate School of Law Doshisha University
      Guest Lecturer

      April 2018 - March 2022
      Chuo Law School [Graduate School of Law in Chuo University]
      Visiting Lecturer

      Publications Archives

      2022.03.31
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (7) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVIII, No.4)
      2021.12.20
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (6) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVIII, No.3)
      2021.12
      Part 3 - Standard Clauses "Boilerplate" agreement: Japan (Practical Law, Thomson Reuters)
      2021.12
      Part 2 - Standard Clauses "Boilerplate" agreement: Japan (Practical Law, Thomson Reuters)
      2021.09
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (5) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVIII, No.2)
      2021.09
      Part 1 - Standard Clauses "Boilerplate" agreement: Japan (Practical Law, Thomson Reuters)
      2021.06
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (4) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVIII, No.1)
      2021.03
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (3) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVII, No.4)
      2020.12
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (2) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVII, No.3)
      2020.09
      [Case Comment] English Contract Law: Recent Notable Supreme Court Cases (1) (Chuo Law Journal, Vol. XVII, No.2)
      2020.06.15
      【Series】Research on Boilerplate Clauses: Comprehensive Approach from Practical Perspective (14)
      2019.12.20
      Sports Arbitration, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
      2019.12.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law (END) - Article (23) Remedies for Breach of Contract [JCA Journal, December 2019 Issue]
      2019.11.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (22) Discharge of Contract [JCA Journal, November 2019 Issue]
      2019.10.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (21) Discharge of Contract [JCA Journal, October 2019 Issue]
      2019.08.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (20) Vitiating Factors/Factors Tending to Defeat Contractual Liability [JCA Journal, August 2019 Issue]
      2019.07.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (19) Vitiating Factors/Factors Tending to Defeat Contractual Liability [JCA Journal, July 2019 Issue]
      2019.06.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (18) Vitiating Factors/Factors Tending to Defeat Contractual Liability [JCA Journal, June 2019 Issue]
      2019.05.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (17) Vitiating Factors/Factors Tending to Defeat Contractual Liability [JCA Journal, May 2019 Issue]
      2019.04.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (16) Vitiating Factors/Factors Tending to Defeat Contractual Liability [JCA Journal, April 2019 Issue]
      2019.03.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (15) Problems after Concluding a Contract [JCA Journal, March 2019 Issue]
      2019.02.10
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (14) Problems after Concluding a Contract [JCA Journal, February 2019 Issue]
      2019.01
      【Series】 Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (13) Problems after Concluding a Contract [JCA Journal, January 2019 Issue]
      2018.12
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (12) Problems after Concluding a Contract [JCA Journal, December 2018 Issue]
      2018.11
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (11) Privity of Contract and Third Parties [JCA Journal, November 2018 Issue]
      2018.10
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (10) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (II) [JCA Journal, October 2018 Issue]
      2018.09
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (9) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (II) [JCA Journal, September 2018 Issue]
      2018.08
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (8) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (II) [JCA Journal, August 2018 Issue]
      2018.07
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (7) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (II) [JCA Journal, July 2018 Issue]
      2018.06
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (6) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (II) [JCA Journal, June 2018 Issue]
      2018.05
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (5) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (II) [JCA Journal, May 2018 Issue]
      2018.04
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (4) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (I) [JCA Journal, April 2018 Issue]
      2018.03
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (3) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (I) [JCA Journal, March 2018 Issue]
      2018.02
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (2) For the formation of a valid, binding and enforceable contract (I) [JCA Journal, February 2018 Issue]
      2018.01
      【Series】Key Principles and Practice in English Contract Law - Article (1) Introduction [JCA Journal, January 2018 Issue]
      2017.12
      The Legal System of Hong Kong as an international business hub (Part 3)
      2017.11
      The Legal System of Hong Kong as an international business hub (Part 2)
      2017.10
      The Legal System of Hong Kong as an international business hub
      2009.10.01
      The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between the Central Government of People’s Republic of China and the Government of Hon Kong Special Administrative Region

      Seminars/Lectures Archives

      2024.06.20
      JAPAN: 10TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION & REGULATORY SUMMIT
      2023.07.19
      【Online Seminar】Advanced English Contracts - Part 3 Joint Venture Agreement
      2022.08.24
      【Online Seminar】Basics and Practices of English-Language Contracts Learned in English - Part 5: Joint Venture Agreement
      2019.09.12
      Wolters Kluwer Law & Legal Plus Conference for General Counsels: Japan 6th Annual International Arbitration, Regulatory and Competition Law Global Forum
      2018.09.06
      Wolters Kluwer Law & Legal Plus Conference for General Counsels: Japan 5th Annual International Arbitration, Regulatory and Competition Law Global Forum
      2017.07.21
      Special Commemorative Seminar to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Retrocession of Hong Kong - Practical Points in Using Hong Kong as a Business Hub (Osaka)
      2017.07.05
      HKIAC Arbitration Clause Negotiation Workshop - Tokyo
      2017.04.21
      Special Commemorative Seminar to Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Retrocession of Hong Kong - Practical Points in Using Hong Kong as a Business Hub (Tokyo)
      2016.04
      A Review of the Legal System of Hong Kong as an Asian Investment Hub with the 20th Anniversary of the Handover of Sovereignty Approaching
      2009.02
      What the Common Law System of Hong Kong Means - Advantages of the Legal System of Hong Kong under the principle of 'One Country, Two Systems', and Responses of the Ethnic Chinese

      Pro Bono Practice

      Intercollege Negotiation Competition Judge

      Languages

      Japanese and English

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