Partner

PROFILE

Nobuto Yamaguchi is a maritime lawyer based in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in shipping finance and maritime law. A member of the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, he has worked on a range of domestic and international transactions involving vessel financing, shipping disputes, and maritime arbitration. He earned an LL.B. from Waseda University and an LL.M. from the University of Washington School of Law, later spending time as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School.

In 1997, he established Yamaguchi & Nagahama Law Firm, which later became Tokyo Sanno Law Office in 2011. He has also served as a partner at Braun, Moriya, Hoashi & Kubota Law Office, focusing on maritime and financial legal matters. In addition to his legal practice, he has experience as an arbitrator for the Tokyo Summary Court and the Tokyo Maritime Arbitration Commission (TOMAC) of the Japan Shipping Exchange.

Beyond maritime and shipping finance, his practice includes litigation, arbitration, international commercial transactions, corporate law, and finance. Fluent in Japanese and English, he works across different legal systems and jurisdictions, advising clients on complex legal issues in the maritime sector.

LANGUAGES: Japanese, English

Senior Associate

PROFILE

Admitted to the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association in 1997.

From 1997 till 2005 she practiced at Asuka & Kyouwa Law Firm, Tokyo, Japan renamed to Tokyo Sanno Law Office in 2011.

Received her LL.B from Law Faculty at Kyoto University in 1995.

Studied in Australia.

Associate

PROFILE

Graduated from Chuo  University Faculty of law in 2018

Graduated from Keio University Law in 2020

Completed Legal Training & Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (75th member)・Joined the bar association in 2022

Joined Tokyo Sanno Law Office in Jan., 2023

LANGUAGES: Japanese, English