Yoshimi Ohara

Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Ms Yoshimi Ohara is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in Tokyo, Japan. Her practice focuses on international dispute settlement, including arbitration, complex litigation and mediation. Before launching her international arbitration practice, she was active in the area of corporate transactions and IP dispute resolution. With a strong corporate and IP background, she has extensive experience in dealing with disputes covering a wide range of subjects, including joint ventures, M&A, natural resources, investment, insurance, construction, technology transfer, IP licensing, distributorship and sales.

She served as counsel in international arbitration under the rules of the ICC, ICSID, AAA/ICDR, SIAC and JCAA. She also served as co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and chair arbitrator in international arbitration under auspices of the ICC, SIAC, JCAA, KCAB, VIAC, ICDR and UNCITRAL rules.  She also sat as an ad hoc Committee member of ICSID cases. She is a member of the Governing Board of the ICCA, a member of the Board of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), a member of the Executive Director of the Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA). She is a former Vice President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the ICC International Court of Arbitration (ICC). She is listed as a member of the ICSID panel of arbitrators. She is admitted to the Japanese Bar and the New York Bar and received a LLM degree from Harvard Law School.