Kota Kuroki

Overview

Kota Kuroki served as a judge in Japan for approximately 14 years, handling a broad range of matters, including insolvency proceedings, civil execution and provisional remedies, commercial disputes, medical malpractice litigation, criminal cases, and family law matters.

He also served in the Insolvency Division and Civil Execution Center of the Tokyo District Court, the Provisional Remedies Division of the Osaka District Court, and the Ministry of Justice, where he was engaged in international legal affairs, including legal technical assistance. Leveraging this experience, he advises clients on crisis management and corporate misconduct investigations, international disputes, insolvency and business restructuring, and civil execution and provisional remedies.

Publications

• "Cross-sectional Analysis of Corporate Splits and Business Transfers in Insolvency Proceedings and Future Practical Challenges: Lessons from a Case Involving a Corporate Split During the Preservation Administration Period," Kinyu Homu Jijo, No. 2272, December 2025, Language: Japanese.

• Co-author, "Lecture 25: Issues Relating to Joint Tort Liability 3 : Concurrent Traffic and Medical Accidents," in Yoshiaki Moritomi & Takayuki Suguri (eds.), Judicial Practice Series 9 : Practice of Traffic Litigation, Shojihomu, August 2016, Language: Japanese.

Work History

• Assistant Judge, Osaka District Court (2013)

• Visiting Scholar, Duke University School of Law (2016)

• Assistant Judge, Osaka District Court (2017)

• Assistant Judge, Nase Branch, Kagoshima District and Family Court (2018)

• Instructor, International Cooperation Department, Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Justice (2020)

• Assistant Judge, Tokyo District Court (2022)

• Judge, Tokyo District Court (2023)

• International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Justice (concurrently with the Civil Affairs Bureau) (2023)

• Judge, Tokyo District Court (2024)

• Attorney-at-Law, GI&T Law Office (2026)

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Education and admission

Kota received his LLB from Waseda University and his JD from Kyoto University Law School. He was appointed as a judge in 2013 and was admitted to the Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association in 2026.

Languages

-      Japanese, English