About Yuji Ogiwara

Yuji Ogiwara is Co-Chair of the Japan Practice and focuses his practice on various kinds of disputes (including risk management practice), corporate and employment-related matters, employment litigation, labor negotiations, investigations and compliance matters. He is a litigator with more than 20 years of experience advising multinational companies on international employment law and corporate risk management challenges, and also advises multinational headquarters on cross-border strategies addressing international employment law challenges. He advises clients on a broad range of issues, including corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, commercial trade, and the antitrust issues that arise from unfair trade practices.

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in Japan, Labor & Employment Law; Litigation, 2014-2026
•Listed, Thomson-Reuters, 'Stand-Out Lawyers,' 2025-2026
•Listed, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide, Employment (Leading Individuals), 2016
•Listed, Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution (Japan), 2014-2015
•Listed, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide, Intellectual Property and Employment, 2014-2015
•Listed, Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide, Employment (Leading Individuals), Band 1, 2013-2015
•Listed, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide, Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution, 2013-2014

 

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Areas of Law

  • Litigation
  • Intellectual Property 1
    • Trade Secrets
  • Other 3
    • Labor & Employment
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation

Practice Details

  • Languages
    Japanese
    Native
    English
    Fluent
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder; Co-Chair, Japan Practice
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Labor & Employment:
    Represented multinational white goods corporation from its acquisition of a Japanese corporation's consumer appliances business in Japan
    Southeast Asia.
    Represented Japanese subsidiary of a global pharmaceutical company, on issues relating to non-compete
    confidentiality provisions in the former employment contracts of his client's employees.
    Represented global pharmaceutical company before the Japanese labor tribunal over collective bargaining issues that arose in relation to its sale of a business division to a private equity firm.
    Represented global automotive supplier in its acquisition of the Japanese subsidiary of a German automotive manufacturer.
    Litigation: Represented Japanese food
    beverage operator in JPY27 billion dispute concerning payment of the purchase price of shares arising out of the sale of a business unit.
    Represented Japanese subsidiary of a leading French automotive parts manufacturer in breach of warranty
    tort claims for product defect liability against a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer.
    Represented U.S.-based clothing retailer
    its wholly owned subsidiary in Japan, against alleged breach of contract claims involving the Japanese
    Korean luxury goods apparel markets, in the Tokyo District Court.
    Represented claimants, manufacturers of medical equipment, in a dispute with a Japanese joint venture partner, concerning trade debts
    breaches of the joint venture agreement.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Ogiwara prior to his joining GT Tokyo Horitsu Jimusho.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1995, Japan
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Daini Tokyo Bar Association
    •Member, ACCJ (The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan)

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
    Class of 1987
    LL.B.

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Shareholder; Co-Chair, Japan Practice at Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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14F, Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building2-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-kuTokyo 00000Japan

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    Yuji Ogiwara speaks Japanese, Native and Fluent.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
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    Yuji Ogiwara attended University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.