Shinichiro HAYAKAWA
- Education
- 1978The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)
- Professional Experience
- 2019 - 2025Professor, Senshu University Law School
- 2005 - 2019Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (2019 - Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
- 1998 - 2005Professor, School of Law, Tohoku University (2020 - Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University)
- 1992 - 1998Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
- 1987 - 1992Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
- 1984 - 1987Attorney-at-law (Member of Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association)
- 1982 - 1984Legal apprentice
- 1978 - 1981Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo
Main Social Activities (part-time)
- 2022 -Trustee, Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accident
- 2021 -Director, Chairperson (2022 - Present), General Insurance Rating Organization of Japan
- 2021 -Trustee, Japan Sports Arbitration Agency
- 2020 -Associate Member of Science Council of Japan
- 2019 - 2025Director, Vice President (2019-2023), Japan Chapter of Asian Society of International Law
- 2017 -External Director, Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants’ Associations
- 2017 - 2018Member of the Examination Committee for the Preliminary Bar Examination, Ministry of Justice
- 2014 - 2022Member of the National Civil Service Examination, National Personnel Authority
- 2013 -Member of the Examination Committee for Certified Condominium Managers, Condominium Management Center
- 2010 -Director, Chairperson (2024 - Present), Japan Center for Settlement of Traffic Accident Disputes
- 2009 - 2025Director & Auditor, President (2023-2025), Private International Law Association of Japan
- 2006 - 2013Member of the Independent Administrative Institution Evaluation Committee, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
- 2006 - 2017Member of Industrial Property Council, Japan Patent Office
- 2006 - 2018Outside Auditor, Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (formerly Diamond Lease Co., Ltd., currently Mitsubishi HC Capital Co., Ltd.)
- 2005 -Mediator, Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)
- 2002 - 2004Member for Public Interest, Miyagi Prefectural Labor Relations Commission
- 2000Visiting Professor, Michigan Law School (USA)
- 1998 - 2022Member of several Sub-Committees, and Member of the General Assembly (2013 - 2022), Legislative Council, Ministry of Justice
- Qualifications
Admitted in Japan (2025)
Mr. HAYAKAWA has provided legal opinions and expert witness testimony in domestic and international civil litigation and commercial arbitration cases, including the following, at the request of attorneys representing the parties.
International torts involving crypto assets
Termination of international franchise agreements
Binding force of long-term contracts
Validity of wills and probate in international inheritance cases
Interpretation and application of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
International jurisdiction in tort cases (validity of exclusive jurisdiction agreements)
Application of Antitrust Law to international torts
Application of the Principle of Good Faith to international contracts
"Surrogacy in Japan", Jens M. Scherpe, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Terry Kaan ed., Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy, 2019
“L'adhésion du Japon à la Convention de La Haye sur les enlèvements d'enfants”, Beatrice Jaluzot éd., Droit japonais, droit français, Quel dialogue, Shulthess (2014)
"The CISG and its Impact on National Legal Systems -- Japan", in Franco Ferrari ed., The CISG and its Impact on National Legal Systems, sellier, 2008
"Les rapports personnels dans le droit de la famille (Contre-rapport japonais)", Societé de Legislation Comparée, La Famille au Japon et en France, Paris, 2002
"Private Law in the Era of Internet" in Jurgen Basedow, Toshiyuki Kono ed., Legal Aspects of Globalization - Conflict of Laws, Internet, Capital Markets and Insolvency in a Global Economy, Kluwer Law International (2000)
"EC competition law in perspective of EC integration", in Law and Integration of Europe: Challenges towards the 21st Century (Proceedings of International Symposium), The Institute of Legal Studies Kansai University, 1994
“Japanese Perspective on Legal Issues of International Surrogacy”, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.65(2022)
"The United Nations Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods and its Incidents of National Contract Law", University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics, vol.7 (2010)
"International Aspects of Family Maintenance Law in Japan", Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.52(2010)
"Thoughts on Non-Smoker's Rights in Japan", 9 KANSAI UNIVERSITY REVIEW OF LAW AND POLITICS 37-50, 1988
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