Yoko Maeda

Yoko Maeda is a partner of the Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Practice of City-Yuwa Partners in Tokyo, Japan.

She has an active practice as counsel, with a particular focus on international arbitration, litigation and mediation across a wide spectrum of matters from sales of goods, joint venture, distributorship, licensing, intellectual property, life sciences to labor and employment.

In addition to her work as counsel, she also regularly sits as an arbitrator. She has represented both domestic and international clients, as well as Japanese government and government-owned entities under the arbitration rules of AAA/ICDR, ICC, JCAA, SIAC and VIAC.

Besides being a court member of ICC Court of Arbitration from Japan since 2018, she is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2019.

Ms. Maeda is qualified in both Japan and New York. She graduated from University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Tokyo University.

Arbitration Appointments & Accolades

• Appointed as an Arbitrator of the 6th Dalian Arbitration Committee (March 2021)
• List of Arbitrators of JAPAN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (JCAA) (January 2019)
• Appointed to be on Panel of Arbitrators of Asia International Arbitration Center (AIAC) (April 2018)
• Appointed to be an Arbitrator in KCAB INTERNATIONAL’s Panel of International Arbitrators (January, 2020)
• Appointed as Deputy Secretary General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA) (July 2018)
• Appointed as an alternate court member of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (July 2018)