Yuji Yamamoto joined GI&T Law Office in September 2020. Prior to joining the GI&T Law Office, Yuji worked as a corporate lawyer in a frozen food company in Tokyo from 2017, where he mainly handled domestic and international contract screening, M&A, compliance of Personal Information Protection Law including GDPR, and risk management to corporate scandals.
Yuji gained a LL.B from Waseda University in 2009 and LL.C from the University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools of Law in 2012, and he started his career as a criminal lawyer in a law firm in Tokyo led by a former prosecutor, where he handled many criminal cases and gained experiences in negotiating with police officers, prosecutors, and courts. From 2016 to 2017, he moved to a general law firm in Tokyo and advised for general corporate compliances, labor affairs.
Education and Admission:
- Yuji received his LLB from Waseda University, and his LLM from The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law. Yuji is qualified to practice in Japan (2014).
Work History:
- 2014 Joined a criminal law firm in Tokyo
- 2016 Joined a general law firm in Tokyo
- 2017 Corporate Lawyer at the frozen food manufacture listed in the 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
- 2020 Joined GI&T Law Office
Languages:
- Japanese, English