Broad experience in many industries - worked closely with top management and directors from the inside of both U.S. and Japanese multinational companies.
Former Vice President and General Counsel of Alberto Culver, a family-controlled, New York Stock Exchange-listed Fortune 500 consumer products company.
Served as elected Vice President and member of the Executive Committee of The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and Chair of the Kansai Chapter for four years.
Formerly advisor to the Mayor of Osaka on attracting foreign investment.
Licensed to practice law in Illinois and New York, licensed as foreign lawyer in Japan and member of the Osaka Bar Association. (Inactive in Massachusetts and Missouri, but qualified to resume practice there if I wish.)
Arbitrator, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association; graduate of Special Member course, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).
Graduate of Columbia University Law School, Columbia College and Columbia's Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law.
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