JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Atsushi Igarashi, Yoichiro Kuriyama, Misa Takahashi and Kosuke Ojio, TMI Associates
Misa Takahashi is an associate attorney at TMI Associates. She has represented and advised both Japanese and international clients in cross-border dispute resolution, general corporate
Kosuke Ojio is an associate at TMI Associates specialising in sports and entertainment, compliance and crisis management. He was previously seconded to the Japan Sports
matters and a variety of other legal matters, including those in the fields of sports and entertainment as well as telecommunications. The WE League appointed her as a member of its tribunal in November 2021, and she has also been appointed as an auditor of the Japan Women’s Football League as well as a member of the ethics committee of one of the national para-sports federations. She has also represented and advised the Japanese organising committee of an international sports competition. She is a member of the Daini Tokyo Bar Association.
Agency, and he now supports sports administration bodies, as well as national governing bodies and national federations. He was a crucial member in the development of two sports governance codes in Japan, one applicable to national federations and the other applicable to general sports organisations. He has also applied his expertise in assisting with the establishment of the Japanese NCAA, a new organisation formed to oversee university sports. After graduating from a law school specialising in sports law in the UK, he worked in the legal departments of the IOC, IPC, World Rugby and Rugby Football Union. He is also familiar with the legal systems of overseas sports organisations and is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association.
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