JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Jumpei Osada, Masaaki Sasaki, Takuto Kobayashi and Hiroshi Ideyama, TMI Associates
TMI Associates provides full legal services with global know-how through its 28 offices and desks located throughout Japan and around the world. TMI has over 670 lawyers and pat - ent lawyers and its shipping team has ten key lawyers and is led by partner Jumpei Osada. The shipping team advises on every aspect of shipping through its lawyers, who have exten - sive experience and a wide array of knowledge in those fields to offer the firm’s clients (eg, ship-owners, operators, shipyards, financiers, insurers, P&I clubs, and energy, and oil and
gas companies). The team’s practice has sig - nificant experience in both ship finance and dry/ wet shipping matters. On the contentious side, TMI acts for clients in litigation related to cargo claims, casualties, insurance claims, shipbuild - ing and charterparties. Another strength of TMI lies in its ability to provide clients with one-stop services for issues involving several different le - gal fields in the shipping industry, such as merg - ers and acquisitions, bankruptcies and antitrust matters.
Authors
Jumpei Osada is the head partner of TMI & Associates’ shipping team. He advises on all aspects of maritime-related matters, whether contentious or non-contentious, including
Masaaki Sasaki is a partner in TMI & Associates’ shipping team. He works principally on shipping dispute resolution, including charterparties, bills of lading, insurance and ship-
charterparties, bills of lading, insurance (both hull and P&I), ship-building contracts, ship sale and purchase, ship arrest and shipping finance. He graduated from Waseda University (Japan) with a postgraduate MA in Shipping Law and from the University of Southampton (England) with an LLM in Maritime Law. He also trained in several English shipping law firms. In addition, he has written a number of articles and books related to the subject of shipping.
building contracts. He also advises on international trade, economic and trade sanctions, and bankruptcy cases. He graduated from Waseda University (Japan) with an MA in Maritime Law and obtained a second masters’ degree in maritime law from Swansea University (UK). He was seconded to a leading member of the International Group of P&I Clubs and trained at a London-based shipping law firm. He regularly contributes articles and has co-authored various shipping-related publications.
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