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Mr Takeshi Yoshida Attorney at Law qualified in Japan and New York, USA, CFE, CIA

Job title: Partner
Country: Japan

Membership type: Member membership
Primary branch: East Asia

Personal bio

Takeshi Yoshida is a partner in the Baker & McKenzie's Dispute Resolution and Compliance & Investigations groups in Tokyo. His experience includes working at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Hong Kong. He handles international dispute resolution and corporate investigation as well as commercial contracts and compliance. He has been selected as a “Rising Star” in Japan’s dispute resolution field by Legal 500 (2020 edition). Takeshi focuses his practice on international and domestic dispute resolution, crisis management, investigation and compliance in connection with bribery, human rights violations and participation in cartels, among other issues. He is also well versed in general corporate law — including M&A, restructuring and insolvency — and in antirust and competition law matters. Since 2015, Takeshi has been teaching business negotiation strategy as a part-time lecturer at Chuo University’s Graduate School of Strategic Management (Chuo University Business School). He is a member of the Tokyo Bar Association, the New York Bar Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) as an MCIArb, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) as a CIA, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) as a CFE. Takeshi is fluent in English and Japanese.