Yuji Yamamoto

Yuji Yamamoto joined GI&T Law Office in September 2020. Prior to joining the GI&T Law Office, Yuji worked as a corporate lawyer in a frozen food company in Tokyo from 2017, where he mainly handled domestic and international contract screening, M&A, compliance of Personal Information Protection Law including GDPR, and risk management to corporate scandals.

Yuji gained a LL.B from Waseda University in 2009 and LL.C from the University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools of Law in 2012, and he started his career as a criminal lawyer in a law firm in Tokyo led by a former prosecutor, where he handled many criminal cases and gained experiences in negotiating with police officers, prosecutors, and courts. From 2016 to 2017, he moved to a general law firm in Tokyo and advised for general corporate compliances, labor affairs.

Education and Admission:

• Yuji received his LLB from Waseda University, and his LLM from The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law. Yuji is qualified to practice in Japan (2014).

Work History:

• 2014        Joined a criminal law firm in Tokyo
• 2016        Joined a general law firm in Tokyo
• 2017         Corporate Lawyer at the frozen food manufacture listed in the 1st Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
• 2020         Joined GI&T Law Office

Languages:

• Japanese, English