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Makoto Hiratsuka

Senior partnerSince founding Hiratsuka & Co. in 1976, I handled a large number of cases in the fields of maritime, shipping and insurance laws for foreign (English, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Israeli, etc.) clients as well as for Japanese clients. These include, but not limited to, collisions, fires, explosions, grounding, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, disputes between insurers and reinsurers cases.On a number of occasions, I provided expert advices on the position under Japanese law with respect to cases pending before foreign courts / arbitration tribunals. · Hiratsuka & Co

JapanShipping & Maritime, InsuranceJapanese, English
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About

Senior partner and founder of Hiratsuka & Co. (est. 1976) who specialises in maritime, shipping and insurance law. He has handled collisions, fires, explosions, groundings, charterparty and cargo disputes and insurer–reinsurer cases for Japanese and international clients, and has provided expert advice on the position under Japanese law in foreign court and arbitration proceedings.

Practice areas

Shipping & MaritimeInsuranceLitigationInternational Arbitration

Office

Japan

Hiratsuka & Co · Senior partnerSince founding Hiratsuka & Co. in 1976, I handled a large number of cases in the fields of maritime, shipping and insurance laws for foreign (English, Russian, Chinese, Korean, Israeli, etc.) clients as well as for Japanese clients. These include, but not limited to, collisions, fires, explosions, grounding, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, disputes between insurers and reinsurers cases.On a number of occasions, I provided expert advices on the position under Japanese law with respect to cases pending before foreign courts / arbitration tribunals.

Japan

Expertise

CollisionsFires and explosionsGrounding incidentsCharterparty disputesCargo claimsInsurer–reinsurer disputesExpert advice on Japanese law for foreign courts/arbitral tribunals

Education

  • Faculty of Law, Tokyo University (LL.B., Private Law Course, 1963; Public Law Course, 1964)
  • University of London (U.C.L., Graduate School; Diploma in Shipping Law, 1972)

Admissions

  • First Tokyo Bar Association

Languages

JapaneseEnglish