Kobe University
Graduate School ofLaw

NEWSLETTERNOVEMBER
2015

Eighth Issue
A Non-Japanese Perspective on
what it takes to be anin-house legal counsel

InsideInterested in working in-house?
Take a peek inside to learn
about the presentation by Mr
Lorenz Kodderitzsch on what ittakes to be an in-housecounsel.

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Kobe University Conference :Asian Arbitration Institutions
Find out about our recent
conferenceonarbitration
institutions in Asia!
4On 12 November 2015, Kobe University hosted aworkshop presenting Mr Lorenz Kodderitzsch, AssistantGeneral Counsel, of the Law Department at Johnsons& Johnsons, an American multinational medicaldevices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged
goods manufacturer founded in1886; on what does ittake to be an in-house legal counsel, from a nonJapanese perspective.
Mr Kodderitzsch is responsible for the legal support ofthe medical device franchises of Johnson & Johnson in
the European Medicines Agencies. He has also been
on board the European Justice Forum since 2006 andserved as its chairman between 2008 and 2015.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson in 2003, Mr

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Kodderitzsch worked for seven years in oneof the leading German corporate law firmsin Dusseldorf and Tokyo. He was also an
associate professor of law at the State
University of Kyushu, Japan for two years.
He received his legal education at theUniversitiesof Freiburg, Tokyo andWashington.
Professor Keith Carpenter, who also acted
as the moderator of the event; Professor
James Claxton; and Assistant Professor
Cindy Cheong also joined Mr Kodderitzsch
during the presentation as panellists;
sharing their experiences in working and finding jobs in a foreign country.
In Mr Kodderitzsch’s presentation, he gave a brief overview of different law departments
and organisations models and the role of law departments in companies today.
He also emphasised to the attendees, that when working in any organisation, there area few important characteristics that should be constantly practised, amongst them are,to ensure that you always have good communication, whereby he proceeded to share
his KISS principle, i.e. Keep it Simple and Short; andintegrity, where he explained that in-housecounsels should always have a strong moral
compass.
Besides sharing with the attendees the type ofqualifications which companies look for whenhiring in-house counsels, Mr Kodderitzsch also
gave very meaningful advise for those unsure on
where they should work in, or rather how should
one choose a company which would be best
suited for someone considering an in-house
career to work in. The answer was simple butcommending – basically one should choose acompany, which does something that interestsyou.
Overall Mr Kodderitzsch’s insight into the role of an in-house legal counsel was very
beneficial in assisting all attendees in considering their future career path.
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The 10th LAWASIA International Moot
2015
The LAWASIA International Moot was hosted by LAWASIA, which
is an international organisation of lawyers’ associations,individual lawyers, judges, legal academics, and others that
focus on the interests and concerns of the legal profession in theAsia Pacific region. LAWASIA facilitates its members’
participation in the most dynamic economic region in the world.
Since its inception in 1966, LAWASIA has built an enviable
reputation among lawyers, business people and governments,
both within and outside the region, as a committed, productive
and genuinely representative organisation.
This year the oral rounds for the10th LAWASIA International Moot
was held in Sydney from the 5th of November 2015 to the 9th ofNovember 2015.
Kobe University was represented at the LAWSIA Moot by Ms
Zhang Jingyu who acted as first counsel for both the claimant
and respondent; Ms Zhao Yang who acted as second counsel
for the claimant; and Mr Yakubo Yusuke who acted as secondcounsel for the respondent.
The team was coached by Ms Cindy Cheong, AssistantProfessor of Kobe University’s Graduate School of Law, andsupported by Ms Takada Nana, Ms Yoshida Chihiro, Ms Tang
Hao Yue and Mr Li Sheng Jun.
It was an inaugural moot for all students involved and it turned
out to be an enriching and interesting experience for all thestudents involved.
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Our new Kobe LL.M / GMAP
in LAW webpage is now upand running!
Feel free to visit us at:
http://www.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/index.html
Thereyouwillfindinformationonourprogramme, such as ourclass schedules, people,internshipprogrammes,events and more.
Please note that as ourprogramme is a Masters in
Law / postgraduate law
degree programme, which
isusuallyreferred
tointernationally as LL.M, we
had decided to include thewords “Kobe LL.M” together
withourprogramme
description i.e. “GMAP inLaw”
toassist foreign
students
withtheidentificationofourprogramme.
Please refer to Page 6 forthe application details on
the Kobe LL.M / GMAP in
Law Course

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Kobe University Conference : Asian Arbitration Institutions
On the 21st and 22nd of November 2015, Kobe University held its Inaugural Conference for Leading
International Arbitration Institutions in Asia.
Arbitrators from various arbitrations institutions were invited to the Conference to speak about theirrespective institutions.
The invited speakers together with their profile are as follows:
Ms Julia Yu who is Counsel, Head (North East Asia) for the Singapore International Arbitration Centre(“SIAC”) had graduated from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) in Law and thereafter passed the Korean
Bar Exam in 2004. She completed the mandatory courses of the Judicial Research and Training Institutesupervised by the Supreme Court of Korea and was admitted to the Korean Bar in 2008. Before joining
the SIAC, she practiced in commercial litigation and international transactions in a Korean law firm.
She was involved in various international affairs as a Deputy Secretary General of the Korean Bar
Association. She actively took part in reviewing Korea Free Trade Agreements and the Foreign Legal
Consultant Act in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
In 2011, she spent her time in the US as an Eisenhower Fellow to research ADR. While on the Eisenhower
Fellowships, she was engaged in a project on "Investing Across Borders" under the World Bank Group, asa contributor to the Korean chapter about commercial arbitrations and regulations of Korea.
She is a member of the Korean Bar Association and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr Ioannis Konstantinidis who is the Head of Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law at theKuala Lumpur Regional Centre of Arbitration (“KLRCA”) has a BA from the University of Athens(Greece), an MA from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po, Paris, France), and LLM(International Law and International Organisations) and a PhD (International Law) from the Sorbonne
Law School (Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne – Universite Paris 1 Pantheon – Sorbonne, Paris France).
Prior to joining the KLRCA, he worked as an associate at a leading public international law/international
arbitration firm in London, where he advised and represented sovereign States, State entities andcompanies on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious public internal law and related
dispute resolution issues, including the protection of foreign investments under international investment
agreements, international trade, treaty interpretation, sovereign immunity, law of the sea and naturalresources, land and maritime boundary issues, and international energy disputes. He advised disputes
heard at the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea(“ITLOS” )and at a multitude of ad hoc and institutional arbitral fora (including UNCLOS, ICSID, PCA, ICC
and UNICITRAL Rules). He has also previously worked at the ITLOS and the United Nations’s Division forOcean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, and was a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre forInternational Law (University of Cambridge) and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public
Kaw and International Law.
Professor James Claxton from Kobe University; a graduate from Tulane University, the London School ofEconomics and Political Science, and the University of Colorado. Prior to joining the University as a
Professor of Law, Professor Claxton who is a qualified lawyer in California as well as France practised at
two international law firms for six years before joining the International Centre for Settlement ofInvestment Disputes (“ICSID”) as a legal counsel. Prior to his current stint,
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on topics related to International Arbitration, International
Investment Law and ICSID Procedures. For more information on
Professor Claxton kindly refer to the fourth issue of our newsletter
which was published in July & September 2015.
Ms Chiann Bao, Secretary General of the Hong Kong International
Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”). Ms Bao functions as the chief
executive officer of the HKIAC and oversees the administration ofa full range of ADR support services. She is a Councillor of theInternational Federation of Commercial Arbitration Institutions(“IFCAI”). In addition, she serves as a board member of thePractical Law Company, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s
International Advisory Board and the Asian Dispute Review’s
Editorial Board.
A New York qualified lawyer, Ms Bao practiced at an internationallaw firm in New York before joining the HKIAC in 2010. Ms Bao is a
graduate from the Cornell University and is a Fullbright Scholar ofChina. She obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Wisconsin
and a Master of Arts in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from theCity University of Hong Kong.
Ms Jie Wang, Director at the China International Economic andTrade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”). Ms Wang had joined
CIETAC as Director of the International Case Department, whereshe led a group of case managers assisting in arbitral tribunal
administering arbitration cases. She became a CIETAC panelarbitrator in 1999 and has chaired CIETAAC arbitral tribunals orserved as sole arbitrator in over 100 cases that involved disputes
relating to intellectual property, joint ventures and international
sale of goods.
Ms Wang has also been a frequent speaker at international
conferences on arbitration. She was admitted to the National Barof China in 1996 and became a member of the Chartered Instituteof Arbitrators in 2004.
Mr Masaharu Onuki who is the Executive Director of the Japan
Commercial Arbitration Association. He is also the managing
director of the Japan Association of Arbitration, Director ofAcademy of International Business Transactions and Advisor of theInstitute of Economic and Political Studies in Kansai University.
He is a leading expert in arbitration in Japan with experience inagency and distribution, International Commercial Contract,Franchising, Licensing, Joint Ventures, International Investments,
Trade Law and import or export matters.
Mr Onuki is also a lecturer at Kansai University (International TradeLaw & Dispute Resolution) and Kyoto Sangyo University’s School ofLaw (International Trade Law).
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Application for the GMAP in Law
CourseStudents wishing to apply for the GMAP in Law Course,
may find the details for the course and application
procedures on the Kobe University Graduate School of
Law & Faculty of Law website, or our webpage at:
http://www.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/admissions/index.html
Admission requirements include the submission of yourtest score for an English proficiency test (e.g. TOEIC,TOEFL, IELTS etc.); a research plan of 1,500 words; andan interview (via Skype for foreign students).
Foreign students
programme!

arewelcome toKOBE UNIVERSITY :: KOBE LL.M / GMAP in Law

applyfor

thisTOLES(Test of Legal English Skills)
We are pleased to announce
that Kobe University has been
appointed as an official TOLES
test centre. The Graduate
School of Law provides Legal
English courses so students will
have the opportunity to takeexams on campus and obtain
the internationally recognised
TOLES legal English certificate.
For more information on TOLES
please see the TOLES website
at www.toleslegal.com or feel
free to contact Professor Keith
Carpenteratkeith@people.kobe-u.ac.jp

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For further information on theGMAP in Law Course kindly
contact the following person:

Professor Dai Tamada
tamada@port.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-78-803-2507
Graduate School of Law, 2-1Rokko-dai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe
City, 657-8501, JAPANwww.law.kobeu.ac.jp/GMAP/index.html

GMAP in Law’s Academic Staff
 Professor Dai Tamada (Director): Public International
Law and International Investment Law
 Professor Akira Saito (Co – Director): International
Commercial Law and Arbitration
 Professor Shunichiro Nakano: Private InternationalLaw
 Professor Keith Carpenter: Legal English, Legal
Practice, and Financial Law
 Professor James Claxton: International Arbitration
 Professor Fujio Kawashima: International EconomicLaw
For any queries or if you would like to contribute tothis Newsletter, please feel free to contact Cindy
Cheong at:
cindy.cheong@phoenix.kobe-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-78-803 – 6709
Graduate School of Law, 2-1 Rokko-dai-cho, Nadaku, Kobe City, 657-8501, JAPAN