Haig Oghigian
Ebisu Prime Square Tower
16th Floor
1-1-39 Hiroo
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0012 Japan
Attorney and Counselor at Law, Squire Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo Horitsu Jimusho (Squire Patton Boggs), Tokyo, Japan, 2016; Attorney and Counselor at Law, K&L Gates Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise, Tokyo, Japan, 2014-2016; Attorney and Counselor at Law, Baker & McKenzie･Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise, Tokyo, Japan, 2006-2014; Special Advisor to General Counsel, Citibank Private Bank, Tokyo, Japan, 2005; Acting General Counsel, Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank, A.G. Tokyo, Japan, 2003 – 2004; Industry Association Counsel (Baxter, Bayer and CSL Behring) regarding regulatory, compliance and government issues, from 2003; Corporate Commercial Attorney and Arbitration Counsel, Jones Day, Tokyo, Japan, 2000-2006; Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1991-2000; Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Vancouver, B.C., 1992-1995; Legal-Economic Officer, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, 1988-1991; Visiting Professor, Rikkyo University Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan, 1989-1991; Vice-Consul, Canadian Consulate General, Boston, Massachusetts, 1983-1986; Counsel, International Law Division, Legal Affairs Bureau Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), Ottawa, Ontario, 1982-1983; Barrister & Solicitor (Clerk to John D. McAlpine Q.C.) Vancouver, British Columbia, 1979-1982.
The Law Society of British Columbia, Canada; The Canadian Bar Association; Nichibenren (Daini Bar Association).
Listed as an arbitrator and mediator with the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA); North American and Canadian Committees, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); International Panel of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of American Arbitration Association (AAA); Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC); British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Center (BCICAC); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC); and London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA). Member of the Board of Directors of the Japan Association of Arbitrators (JAA).
Counsel, Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), Almaty/Tokyo (2018); Counsel, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Singapore (2018); Counsel, Brazil-Canada Chamber, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2017); Counsel, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Tokyo, Japan (2017); Counsel, ICC, Tokyo, Japan (2016); Co-Arbitrator, JCAA, Tokyo, Japan (2016); Presiding Arbitrator, ICC, Hong Kong (2015); Arbitrator, JCAA, Tokyo (2012); Arbitrator JCAA, Tokyo, Japan (2010); Presiding Arbitrator, Arbitration (ICC), Tokyo, Japan (2009); Counsel, Arbitration, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), London, U.K. (2008); Presiding Arbitrator, ICC, Tokyo, Japan (2008); Presiding Arbitrator, ICC, Seoul, Korea (2007); Presiding Arbitrator, ICC, Tokyo, Japan (2007); Counsel, Ad Hoc Arbitration (ICC as appointing authority), Tokyo, Japan (2007); Counsel, Arbitration, ICC, Paris, France (2006); Counsel, Arbitration, ICC, Tokyo, Japan (2005); Counsel, American Arbitration Association (AAA), Washington State, USA (2004); Presiding Arbitrator, ICC, Tokyo, Japan (2004); Counsel, Arbitration, ICC, Tokyo, Japan (2003); Presiding Arbitrator, JCAA, Tokyo, Japan (2003); Counsel, WTO Challenge to Japanese Legislation (2003); Sole Arbitrator, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Geneva, Switzerland (2002); Counsel, Arbitration, JCAA, Tokyo, Japan (2001); Counsel, Arbitration, Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Manila, Philippines (1998); Counsel, Arbitration, JCAA, Tokyo, Japan (1998).
“Possible disputes for arbitration in M&A transactions,” ARBITRATION & ADR - INTERNATIONAL, International Law Office, December 2015; “Dealing with Zeus: Remedies in Investor Arbitration” OEGMID, 2009; “A Propos de la Nouvelle Loi Japonaise sur l’Arbitrage et du Reglement de l’AJAC,” Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage, Paris, April 2006; “Japan’s New Arbitration Law,” Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Vol. 21 #2, Feb. 2006; “The Flexibility of Commercial Mediation: A Case Example,” Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Vol. 18 #4, April 2003; “The Mediation/Arbitration Hybrid: A Work In Progress?” The Journal of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Vol. 68 #1, Feb. 2002; “Electronic Commerce in Japan” (co-authored with Toru Yamada) Chapter in World Online Business Law, Oceania Publications, Nov. 2003; The Law of Commerce in Japan, Simon Schuster (Prentice Hall), March 1993.